code: public void setReadTimeout(int millis) {
  		// Hack to get round Spring's dynamic loading of http client stuff
  		ClientHttpRequestFactory f = getRequestFactory();
  		if (f instanceof SimpleClientHttpRequestFactory) {
  			((SimpleClientHttpRequestFactory) f).setReadTimeout(millis);
  		}
  		else {
  			((HttpComponentsClientHttpRequestFactory) f).setReadTimeout(millis);
  		}
  	}
docs: The read timeout for the underlying URLConnection to the twitter stream.