[Jython-users] AttributeError: __getitem__ in httplib.py

[<jua...@ja...>]

I have the same problem described below.

There is any solution at this time?

Regards,

Juan Manuel Rodr=EDguez.

 >>Im getting an AttributeError in the httplib.py standard library when
 >>using urlretrieve():
 >>
 >>Traceback (innermost last):
 >>  File "FutureSourceSpider.py", line 86, in ?
 >>  File "c:\software\jython\Lib\urllib.py", line 68, in urlretrieve
 >>  File "c:\software\jython\Lib\urllib.py", line 198, in retrieve
 >>  File "c:\software\jython\Lib\urllib.py", line 169, in open
 >>  File "c:\software\jython\Lib\urllib.py", line 273, in open_http
 >>  File "c:\software\jython\Lib\httplib.py", line 430, in putrequest
 >>AttributeError: __getitem__
 >>
 >>The line throwing the error in inside an exception handler:
 >>        try:
 >>            self.send(str)
 >>        except socket.error, v:
 >>            # trap 'Broken pipe' if we're allowed to automatically
 >>reconnect
 >>>>>>   if v[0] !=3D 32 or not self.auto_open: <<<<<
 >>                raise
 >>            # try one more time (the socket was closed; this will
 >>reopen)
 >>            self.send(str)
 >>
 >>I instrumented this code and determined that it executes when there is=
 a
 >>timeout setting up a socket connection. This timeout condition is for =
my
 >>purpoises, transient and non-fatal.
 >>The underlying message: java.net.NoRouteToHostException: Operation tim=
ed
 >>out: no further information
 >>
 >>Possibly because this section rarely executes, a bug has gone
 >>undiscovered?
 >>
 >>I dont fully understand what would cause the AttributeError on the lin=
e
 >>above, can someone explain?

 >In CPython, the exception would have been a subclass of Exception, whic=
h
 >defines a __getitem__ method. Index 0 would then contain the error
 >number and index 1 an textual description. So the httplib will most
 >likely work on CPython.
 >
 >OTOH, the java exception is just passed back from the jython socket
 >module. This exception can not be indexed as a list, therefore we get
 >the AttributeError: __getitem__. There is also no error number in a jav=
a
 >exception.
 >
 >I'm not yet sure what the right long term solution is. Either httplib
 >could test that the exception is a sequence before doing any indexing.
 >Or the socket module could catch the java.net exception and reraise it
 >as a SocketException.
 >
 >Can anyone tell when the resend condition should occur under jython?
 >
 >regards,
 >finn