// start
        AccessTimeoutTarget accessTimeoutTarget = null;
        TimeoutTask accessTimeoutTask = null;
        if (accessTimeout != null) {
            accessTimeoutTarget = new AccessTimeoutTarget(Thread.currentThread());
            accessTimeoutTask = TimeoutManager.getInstance().addTimeoutTarget(accessTimeoutTarget, accessTimeout, false);
        }

        try {
            return processHttpMethod(url, httpRequest);