Added a timeoutInSeconds parameter to the public method 'validate'. This is an implementation of feature request #40.

Author: Eigil Rosager Poulsen

NetLicensingClient/LicenseeService.cs

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public static ValidationResult validate(Context context, String number, String p
         /// In the case of multiple product modules validation, required parameters indexes will be added automatically.
         /// See NetLicensingAPI for details: https://netlicensing.io/wiki/licensee-services#validate-licensee
         /// </summary>
-        public static ValidationResult validate(Context context, String number, ValidationParameters validationParameters)
+        public static ValidationResult validate(Context context, String number, ValidationParameters validationParameters, int timeoutInSeconds = 100)
         {
         	Dictionary<String, String> parameters = new Dictionary<String, String> ();
             if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(validationParameters.getProductNumber())) 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public static ValidationResult validate(Context context, String number, Validati
         		pmIndex++;
         	}
 
-        	netlicensing output = NetLicensingAPI.request(context, NetLicensingAPI.Method.POST, Constants.Licensee.ENDPOINT_PATH + "/" + number + "/" + Constants.Licensee.ENDPOINT_PATH_VALIDATE, parameters);
+        	netlicensing output = NetLicensingAPI.request(context, NetLicensingAPI.Method.POST, Constants.Licensee.ENDPOINT_PATH + "/" + number + "/" + Constants.Licensee.ENDPOINT_PATH_VALIDATE, parameters, timeoutInSeconds);
         	return new ValidationResult (output);
         }
 

NetLicensingClient/NetLicensingClient.csproj

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <ReleaseVersion>2.x</ReleaseVersion>
     <PackOnBuild>true</PackOnBuild>
     <PackageId>NetLicensingClient-csharp</PackageId>
-    <PackageVersion>2.4.6</PackageVersion>
+    <PackageVersion>2.5.0</PackageVersion>
     <Authors>Labs64 NetLicensing</Authors>
     <Copyright>© 2010 Labs64 GmbH</Copyright>
     <PackageIconUrl>https://netlicensing.io/img/labs64-avatar-200x200.png</PackageIconUrl>

NetLicensingClient/RestController/NetLicensingAPI.cs

@@ -20,8 +20,11 @@ class NetLicensingAPI
     {
         public enum Method { GET, POST, DELETE };
 
-        public static netlicensing request(Context context, Method method, String path, Dictionary<String, String> parameters)
+        public static netlicensing request(Context context, Method method, String path, Dictionary<String, String> parameters, int timeoutInSeconds = 100)
         {
+            if (timeoutInSeconds <= 0 || timeoutInSeconds > 300)
+                throw new NetLicensingException($"Illegal timeout value: {timeoutInSeconds}");
+
             #region HTTP request preparation
             // Workaround of the mod_proxy_ajp problem.
             // mod_proxy_ajp has problem processing HTTP/1.1 POST request with delayed payload transmission (Expect: 100 Continue), causes 500 Server Error in AJP module.
@@ -98,6 +101,7 @@ public static netlicensing request(Context context, Method method, String path,
             request.PreAuthenticate = true;
             request.Accept = "application/xml";
             request.SendChunked = false;
+            request.Timeout = timeoutInSeconds * 1000;
             if (requestBody != null)
             {
                 byte[] byteArray = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(requestBody);