Allow for a separate connection timeout value

  public void open() throws TTransportException {
    if (isOpen()) {
      throw new TTransportException(TTransportException.ALREADY_OPEN, "Socket already connected.");
    }

    if (host_.length() == 0) {
      throw new TTransportException(TTransportException.NOT_OPEN, "Cannot open null host.");
    }
    if (port_ <= 0) {
      throw new TTransportException(TTransportException.NOT_OPEN, "Cannot open without port.");
    }

    if (socket_ == null) {
      initSocket();
    }

    try {
      socket_.connect(new InetSocketAddress(host_, port_), timeout_); <--- this value should be a separately defined
      inputStream_ = new BufferedInputStream(socket_.getInputStream(), 1024);