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Class net.Socket

java.lang.Object
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public final class Socket

extends Object

address

address this socket is bound to

inputStream

file for doing input on this socket

outputStream

file for doing output to other end

port

Port this socket is bound to in network byte order.

Socket(boolean)

Create a socket which is a TCP socket if isStream is true, or is a UDP socket otherwise.

Socket(String, int)

Create a TCP socket and connect it to the specified port on the specified host.

accept()

Accept a connection on this socket, returning a new one.

bindAnonymously(InetAddress)

Bind this socket to a local address.

bindToPort(InetAddress, int)

Bind this socket to a known port at the specified address.

close()

Close the connection.

finalize()

initialize()

This does nothing except provide an entry point for other related packages to cause the above static initializer to run.

listen(int)

Specify how many connections can attempt to connect to this socket at once before getting an error.

toString()

  public InetAddress address

address this socket is bound to

  public int port

Port this socket is bound to in network byte order.

  public FileInputStream inputStream

file for doing input on this socket

  public FileOutputStream outputStream

file for doing output to other end

  public Socket(boolean isStream)

Create a socket which is a TCP socket if isStream is true, or is a UDP socket otherwise.

Socket

  public Socket(String host,
                int port)

Create a TCP socket and connect it to the specified port on the specified host.

  public void listen(int count)

Specify how many connections can attempt to connect to this socket at once before getting an error.

initialize

  public static void initialize()

This does nothing except provide an entry point for other related packages to cause the above static initializer to run.

bindAnonymously

  public void bindAnonymously(InetAddress addr)

Bind this socket to a local address.

bindToPort

  public void bindToPort(InetAddress addr,
                         int port)

Bind this socket to a known port at the specified address.

accept

  public Socket accept()

Accept a connection on this socket, returning a new one. The old socket is still around for listening for new connections.

close

  public synchronized void close()

Close the connection. Other end will get EOF on reads, and SIGPIPE on writes.

toString

  public String toString()

  protected void finalize()

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