Re: I want an event when program I'm connected with closes Socket

From: Esmond Pitt (esmond.pitt_at_not.bigpond.com)
Date: 01/13/05 

Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 00:44:59 GMT

opalpa@gmail.com wrote:

> I've written socket code previously and am confronted with a new
> situation: I have a server which manages multiple connections and each
> connections can be reused for multiple messages. The client does not
> say anything before closing, it just closes. What is the correct way
> to determine that client closed socket?
>
> I've looked at java.net.socket 1.5 documentation and it is much too
> imprecise for my understanding. Like does isClosed() mean that close()
> was called on instance? Does it mean that specific symbols were
> received by instance from client?

isClosed tells you whether *you* have closed *your end*.

If the other end closes, a read will return -1 or an EOFException.

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