Java Socket and ServerSocket Issue

Question

I have this code snippet:

ServerSocket serversocket=new ServerSocket(DEFAULTPORT);
serversocket.setSoTimeout(1000);
Socket socket=serversocket.accept();

Does closing the serversocket object also affects the state of the socket object?
If I close the serversocket object can I still use the socket object for my streams?

huh? what does it has to do with my question?

Richeve Bebedor
– Richeve Bebedor

2011-02-23 15:34:25 +00:00
Commented Feb 23, 2011 at 15:34 — Richeve Bebedor
– Richeve Bebedor, Commented Feb 23, 2011 at 15:34

Bernd Elkemann · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-23 14:26:01Z

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The short answers are:

1) no

2) yes

The longer answer is:

The ServerSocket waits for clients to connect (he waits in his accept-method). When there is a client, the accept-method returns, more specifically it returns a Socket-object which then represents the server's endpoint of the server-client connection. If the server closes his server-socket, he no longer listens (he no longer accepts new clients) but the clients with which he already has a socket-connection are unaffected.

Your code is not "wrong" per se, however it is only capable of accepting a single client and only if it connected within 1000 milliseconds.

Here is an introduction including sample code:

http://download.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/networking/sockets/clientServer.html

answered Feb 23, 2011 at 14:26

Bernd Elkemann

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Richeve Bebedor Over a year ago

super thanks! the codes was just for clarification so that readers can understand what i meant.

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