6.1.3 Sockets.AbstractSocket class: timed-out operations

checkPeriod

Answer the period that is to elapse between socket polls if data data is not ready and the connection is still open (in milliseconds)

checkPeriod: anInteger

Set the period that is to elapse between socket polls if data data is not ready and the connection is still open (in milliseconds)

timeout

Answer the period that is to elapse between the request for (yet unavailable) data and the moment when the connection is considered dead (in milliseconds)

timeout: anInteger

Set the period that is to elapse between the request for (yet unavailable) data and the moment when the connection is considered dead (in milliseconds)