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For code which uses the Berkley Sockets API (specified by POSIX, and available on Windows too) to communicate with other processes using a network protocol.

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Checking if a port is in use

You can shorten this: public static boolean isAvailable(String host, int portNr) { boolean isAvailable; try (var ignored = new Socket(host, portNr)) { // Successful connection means … Here's a similar way using ServerSocket that has worked for my server application to find out whether I'm able to bind to a socket: public static boolean canBind(String host, int portNr) { boolean …
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