Preferred way to set SO timeout

Question

Are the following two do the same thing?

cloudSolrClient.getLbClient().getHttpClient().getParams()
                  .setParameter(CoreConnectionPNames.SO_TIMEOUT, 50000);

and

cloudSolrClient.getLbClient().setSoTimeout(50000);

If they are, then which one is preferable to use (except the fact that the first one is deprecated)?