Symbian V2 HTTP connection problem with WAP+Proxy

[kobi.toueg]

Hello,

I have a problem to connect with my application to a server behind a WAP APN Proxy with two Symbian V2 OS devices, specifically Nokia 7610 and Nokia 6600.

The problem does not occur on Symbian V3 OS devices such as Nokia N95.

My application is a J2ME application. When The application tries to establish a connection it fails with an HTTP Exception:

Symbian OS Error=-36:General:System error

Is there anyone who encountered this problem before and resolve this issue?
Thank you!

Best regards,
Kobi Toueg

[grahamhughes]

-36, I am told, means "disconnected".

Do you have other connected Java apps on the device? If not, try installing Opera Mini. If this has the same problem, then it is your connection settings you need to play with. If it works, then post the code that fails, and maybe we can see what's going on.

[kobi.toueg]

Hi,

I installed Opera and managed to surf through WAP APN.
Here is the code I am using to establish the connection:

private void readContents(String request)
    {
        StringBuffer b = new StringBuffer();
        attempt++;
        b.append("attempt " + attempt + " content of " + request + " " + url + "\n");
        HttpConnection c = null;
        OutputStream os = null;
        InputStream is = null;
        TextBox t = null;
        try
        {
            long len = -1L;
            int ch = 0;
            long count = 0L;
            DEBUG(request + " Page: " + url);
            c = (HttpConnection)Connector.open(url);
            DEBUG("c= " + c);
            c.setRequestMethod(request);
           c.setRequestProperty("foldedField", "first line\r\n second line\r\n third line");
            if(request == "POST")
            {
                String m = "Test POST text.";
                DEBUG("Posting: " + m);
                os = c.openOutputStream();
                os.write(m.getBytes());
                os.close();
                os.flush();
                java.io.DataInputStream datainputstream = c.openDataInputStream();
            }
            int rc = c.getResponseCode();
            if(rc != 200)
            {
                b.append("Response Code: " + c.getResponseCode() + "\n");
                b.append("Response Message: " + c.getResponseMessage() + "\n\n");
            }
            is = c.openInputStream();
            DEBUG("is = " + is);
            if(c instanceof HttpConnection)
                len = c.getLength();
            DEBUG("len = " + len);
            if(len != -1L)
            {
                DEBUG("Content-Length: " + len);
                for(int i = 0; (long)i < len; i++)
                {
                    if((ch = is.read()) == -1)
                        continue;
                    if(ch <= 32)
                        ch = 32;
                    b.append((char)ch);
                    count++;
                    if(count > 200L)
                        break;
                }
 
            } else
            {
                byte data[] = new byte[100];
                int n = is.read(data, 0, data.length);
                for(int i = 0; i < n; i++)
                {
                    ch = data[i] & 0xff;
                    b.append((char)ch);
                }
 
            }
            try
            {
                if(is != null)
                    is.close();
                if(c != null)
                    c.close();
            }
            catch(Exception ce)
            {
                DEBUG("Error closing connection");
            }
            try
            {
                len = is.available();
                DEBUG("Inputstream failed to throw IOException after close");
            }
            catch(IOException io)
            {
                DEBUG("expected IOException (available())");
                io.printStackTrace();
            }
            t = new TextBox("Http Test", b.toString(), b.length(), 0);
            is = null;
            c = null;
        }
        catch(IOException ex)
        {
            ex.printStackTrace();
            DEBUG(ex.getClass().toString());
            DEBUG(ex.toString());
            DEBUG("Exception reading from http");
            if(c != null)
            {
                try
                {
                    String s = null;
                    if(c instanceof HttpConnection)
                        s = c.getResponseMessage();
                    DEBUG(s);
                    if(s == null)
                        s = "No Response message";
                    t = new TextBox("Http Error", s, s.length(), 0);
                }
                catch(IOException e)
                {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                    String s = e.toString();
                    DEBUG(s);
                    if(s == null)
                        s = ex.getClass().getName();
                    t = new TextBox("Http Error", s, s.length(), 0);
                }
                try
                {
                    c.close();
                }
                catch(IOException ioexception) { }
            } else
            {
                t = new TextBox("Http Error", "Could not open URL", 128, 0);
            }
        }
        catch(IllegalArgumentException ille)
        {
            t = new TextBox("Illegal Argument", ille.getMessage(), 128, 0);
        }
        catch(Exception e)
        {
            t = new TextBox("Error", e.toString(), 128, 0);
        }
        if(is != null)
            try
            {
                is.close();
            }
            catch(Exception exception) { }
        if(c != null)
            try
            {
                c.close();
            }
            catch(Exception exception1) { }
        setCommands(t, false);
        display.setCurrent(t);
    }

Thanks,
Kobi Toueg

[grahamhughes]

Are you GETting or POSTing? Or does it make no difference?

[kobi.toueg]

We are POSTing.

Regards,
Kobi Toueg

[grahamhughes]

And... does a GET work?

If it does, try setting the content-length for the posted content.