Socket

public class Socket extends Object
implements Closeable
Known Direct Subclasses

This class implements client sockets (also called just "sockets"). A socket is an endpoint for communication between two machines.

The actual work of the socket is performed by an instance of the SocketImpl class. An application, by changing the socket factory that creates the socket implementation, can configure itself to create sockets appropriate to the local firewall.

Public Constructor Summary

Socket()
Creates an unconnected socket, with the system-default type of SocketImpl.
Socket(Proxy proxy)
Creates an unconnected socket, specifying the type of proxy, if any, that should be used regardless of any other settings.
Socket(String host, int port)
Creates a stream socket and connects it to the specified port number on the named host.
Socket(InetAddress address, int port)
Creates a stream socket and connects it to the specified port number at the specified IP address.
Socket(String host, int port, InetAddress localAddr, int localPort)
Creates a socket and connects it to the specified remote host on the specified remote port.
Socket(InetAddress address, int port, InetAddress localAddr, int localPort)
Creates a socket and connects it to the specified remote address on the specified remote port.
Socket(String host, int port, boolean stream)
This constructor is deprecated. Use DatagramSocket instead for UDP transport.
Socket(InetAddress host, int port, boolean stream)
This constructor is deprecated. Use DatagramSocket instead for UDP transport.

Protected Constructor Summary

Socket(SocketImpl impl)
Creates an unconnected Socket with a user-specified SocketImpl.

Public Method Summary

void
bind(SocketAddress bindpoint)
Binds the socket to a local address.
synchronized void
close()
Closes this socket.
void
connect(SocketAddress endpoint, int timeout)
Connects this socket to the server with a specified timeout value.
void
connect(SocketAddress endpoint)
Connects this socket to the server.
SocketChannel
getChannel()
Returns the unique SocketChannel object associated with this socket, if any.
InetAddress
getInetAddress()
Returns the address to which the socket is connected.
InputStream
getInputStream()
Returns an input stream for this socket.
boolean
getKeepAlive()
Tests if SO_KEEPALIVE is enabled.
InetAddress
getLocalAddress()
Gets the local address to which the socket is bound.
int
getLocalPort()
Returns the local port number to which this socket is bound.
SocketAddress
getLocalSocketAddress()
Returns the address of the endpoint this socket is bound to.
boolean
getOOBInline()
Tests if SO_OOBINLINE is enabled.
OutputStream
getOutputStream()
Returns an output stream for this socket.
int
getPort()
Returns the remote port number to which this socket is connected.
synchronized int
getReceiveBufferSize()
Gets the value of the SO_RCVBUF option for this Socket, that is the buffer size used by the platform for input on this Socket.
SocketAddress
getRemoteSocketAddress()
Returns the address of the endpoint this socket is connected to, or null if it is unconnected.
boolean
getReuseAddress()
Tests if SO_REUSEADDR is enabled.
synchronized int
getSendBufferSize()
Get value of the SO_SNDBUF option for this Socket, that is the buffer size used by the platform for output on this Socket.
int
getSoLinger()
Returns setting for SO_LINGER.
synchronized int
getSoTimeout()
Returns setting for SO_TIMEOUT.
boolean
getTcpNoDelay()
Tests if TCP_NODELAY is enabled.
int
getTrafficClass()
Gets traffic class or type-of-service in the IP header for packets sent from this Socket

As the underlying network implementation may ignore the traffic class or type-of-service set using setTrafficClass(int) this method may return a different value than was previously set using the setTrafficClass(int) method on this Socket.

boolean
isBound()
Returns the binding state of the socket.
boolean
isClosed()
Returns the closed state of the socket.
boolean
isConnected()
Returns the connection state of the socket.
boolean
isInputShutdown()
Returns whether the read-half of the socket connection is closed.
boolean
isOutputShutdown()
Returns whether the write-half of the socket connection is closed.
void
sendUrgentData(int data)
Send one byte of urgent data on the socket.
void
setKeepAlive(boolean on)
Enable/disable SO_KEEPALIVE.
void
setOOBInline(boolean on)
Enable/disable SO_OOBINLINE (receipt of TCP urgent data) By default, this option is disabled and TCP urgent data received on a socket is silently discarded.
void
setPerformancePreferences(int connectionTime, int latency, int bandwidth)
Sets performance preferences for this socket.
synchronized void
setReceiveBufferSize(int size)
Sets the SO_RCVBUF option to the specified value for this Socket.
void
setReuseAddress(boolean on)
Enable/disable the SO_REUSEADDR socket option.
synchronized void
setSendBufferSize(int size)
Sets the SO_SNDBUF option to the specified value for this Socket.
void
setSoLinger(boolean on, int linger)
Enable/disable SO_LINGER with the specified linger time in seconds.
synchronized void
setSoTimeout(int timeout)
Enable/disable SO_TIMEOUT with the specified timeout, in milliseconds.
synchronized static void
setSocketImplFactory(SocketImplFactory fac)
Sets the client socket implementation factory for the application.
void
setTcpNoDelay(boolean on)
Enable/disable TCP_NODELAY (disable/enable Nagle's algorithm).
void
setTrafficClass(int tc)
Sets traffic class or type-of-service octet in the IP header for packets sent from this Socket.
void
shutdownInput()
Places the input stream for this socket at "end of stream".
void
shutdownOutput()
Disables the output stream for this socket.
String
toString()
Converts this socket to a String.

Inherited Method Summary

Public Constructors

public Socket ()

Creates an unconnected socket, with the system-default type of SocketImpl.

public Socket (Proxy proxy)

Creates an unconnected socket, specifying the type of proxy, if any, that should be used regardless of any other settings.

If there is a security manager, its checkConnect method is called with the proxy host address and port number as its arguments. This could result in a SecurityException.

Examples:

  • Socket s = new Socket(Proxy.NO_PROXY); will create a plain socket ignoring any other proxy configuration.
  • Socket s = new Socket(new Proxy(Proxy.Type.SOCKS, new InetSocketAddress("socks.mydom.com", 1080))); will create a socket connecting through the specified SOCKS proxy server.

Parameters
proxy a Proxy object specifying what kind of proxying should be used.
Throws
IllegalArgumentException if the proxy is of an invalid type or null.
SecurityException if a security manager is present and permission to connect to the proxy is denied.

public Socket (String host, int port)

Creates a stream socket and connects it to the specified port number on the named host.

If the specified host is null it is the equivalent of specifying the address as InetAddress.getByName(null). In other words, it is equivalent to specifying an address of the loopback interface.

If the application has specified a server socket factory, that factory's createSocketImpl method is called to create the actual socket implementation. Otherwise a "plain" socket is created.

If there is a security manager, its checkConnect method is called with the host address and port as its arguments. This could result in a SecurityException.

Parameters
host the host name, or null for the loopback address.
port the port number.
Throws
UnknownHostException if the IP address of the host could not be determined.
IOException if an I/O error occurs when creating the socket.
SecurityException if a security manager exists and its checkConnect method doesn't allow the operation.
IllegalArgumentException if the port parameter is outside the specified range of valid port values, which is between 0 and 65535, inclusive.

public Socket (InetAddress address, int port)

Creates a stream socket and connects it to the specified port number at the specified IP address.

If the application has specified a socket factory, that factory's createSocketImpl method is called to create the actual socket implementation. Otherwise a "plain" socket is created.

If there is a security manager, its checkConnect method is called with the host address and port as its arguments. This could result in a SecurityException.

Parameters
address the IP address.
port the port number.
Throws
IOException if an I/O error occurs when creating the socket.
SecurityException if a security manager exists and its checkConnect method doesn't allow the operation.
IllegalArgumentException if the port parameter is outside the specified range of valid port values, which is between 0 and 65535, inclusive.
NullPointerException if address is null.

public Socket (String host, int port, InetAddress localAddr, int localPort)

Creates a socket and connects it to the specified remote host on the specified remote port. The Socket will also bind() to the local address and port supplied.

If the specified host is null it is the equivalent of specifying the address as InetAddress.getByName(null). In other words, it is equivalent to specifying an address of the loopback interface.

A local port number of zero will let the system pick up a free port in the bind operation.

If there is a security manager, its checkConnect method is called with the host address and port as its arguments. This could result in a SecurityException.

Parameters
host the name of the remote host, or null for the loopback address.
port the remote port
localAddr the local address the socket is bound to, or null for the anyLocal address.
localPort the local port the socket is bound to, or zero for a system selected free port.
Throws
IOException if an I/O error occurs when creating the socket.
SecurityException if a security manager exists and its checkConnect method doesn't allow the connection to the destination, or if its checkListen method doesn't allow the bind to the local port.
IllegalArgumentException if the port parameter or localPort parameter is outside the specified range of valid port values, which is between 0 and 65535, inclusive.

public Socket (InetAddress address, int port, InetAddress localAddr, int localPort)

Creates a socket and connects it to the specified remote address on the specified remote port. The Socket will also bind() to the local address and port supplied.

If the specified local address is null it is the equivalent of specifying the address as the AnyLocal address (see InetAddress.isAnyLocalAddress()).

A local port number of zero will let the system pick up a free port in the bind operation.

If there is a security manager, its checkConnect method is called with the host address and port as its arguments. This could result in a SecurityException.

Parameters
address the remote address
port the remote port
localAddr the local address the socket is bound to, or null for the anyLocal address.
localPort the local port the socket is bound to or zero for a system selected free port.
Throws
IOException if an I/O error occurs when creating the socket.
SecurityException if a security manager exists and its checkConnect method doesn't allow the connection to the destination, or if its checkListen method doesn't allow the bind to the local port.
IllegalArgumentException if the port parameter or localPort parameter is outside the specified range of valid port values, which is between 0 and 65535, inclusive.
NullPointerException if address is null.

public Socket (String host, int port, boolean stream)

This constructor is deprecated.
Use DatagramSocket instead for UDP transport.

Creates a stream socket and connects it to the specified port number on the named host.

If the specified host is null it is the equivalent of specifying the address as InetAddress.getByName(null). In other words, it is equivalent to specifying an address of the loopback interface.

If the stream argument is true, this creates a stream socket. If the stream argument is false, it creates a datagram socket.

If the application has specified a server socket factory, that factory's createSocketImpl method is called to create the actual socket implementation. Otherwise a "plain" socket is created.

If there is a security manager, its checkConnect method is called with the host address and port as its arguments. This could result in a SecurityException.

If a UDP socket is used, TCP/IP related socket options will not apply.

Parameters
host the host name, or null for the loopback address.
port the port number.
stream a boolean indicating whether this is a stream socket or a datagram socket.
Throws
IOException if an I/O error occurs when creating the socket.
SecurityException if a security manager exists and its checkConnect method doesn't allow the operation.
IllegalArgumentException if the port parameter is outside the specified range of valid port values, which is between 0 and 65535, inclusive.

public Socket (InetAddress host, int port, boolean stream)

This constructor is deprecated.
Use DatagramSocket instead for UDP transport.

Creates a socket and connects it to the specified port number at the specified IP address.

If the stream argument is true, this creates a stream socket. If the stream argument is false, it creates a datagram socket.

If the application has specified a server socket factory, that factory's createSocketImpl method is called to create the actual socket implementation. Otherwise a "plain" socket is created.

If there is a security manager, its checkConnect method is called with host.getHostAddress() and port as its arguments. This could result in a SecurityException.

If UDP socket is used, TCP/IP related socket options will not apply.

Parameters
host the IP address.
port the port number.
stream if true, create a stream socket; otherwise, create a datagram socket.
Throws
IOException if an I/O error occurs when creating the socket.
SecurityException if a security manager exists and its checkConnect method doesn't allow the operation.
IllegalArgumentException if the port parameter is outside the specified range of valid port values, which is between 0 and 65535, inclusive.
NullPointerException if host is null.

Protected Constructors

protected Socket (SocketImpl impl)

Creates an unconnected Socket with a user-specified SocketImpl.

Parameters
impl an instance of a SocketImpl the subclass wishes to use on the Socket.
Throws
SocketException if there is an error in the underlying protocol, such as a TCP error.

Public Methods

public void bind (SocketAddress bindpoint)

Binds the socket to a local address.

If the address is null, then the system will pick up an ephemeral port and a valid local address to bind the socket.

Parameters
bindpoint the SocketAddress to bind to
Throws
IOException if the bind operation fails, or if the socket is already bound.
IllegalArgumentException if bindpoint is a SocketAddress subclass not supported by this socket
SecurityException if a security manager exists and its checkListen method doesn't allow the bind to the local port.
See Also

public synchronized void close ()

Closes this socket.

Any thread currently blocked in an I/O operation upon this socket will throw a SocketException.

Once a socket has been closed, it is not available for further networking use (i.e. can't be reconnected or rebound). A new socket needs to be created.

Closing this socket will also close the socket's InputStream and OutputStream.

If this socket has an associated channel then the channel is closed as well.

Throws
IOException if an I/O error occurs when closing this socket.
See Also

public void connect (SocketAddress endpoint, int timeout)

Connects this socket to the server with a specified timeout value. A timeout of zero is interpreted as an infinite timeout. The connection will then block until established or an error occurs.

Parameters
endpoint the SocketAddress
timeout the timeout value to be used in milliseconds.
Throws
IOException if an error occurs during the connection
SocketTimeoutException if timeout expires before connecting
IllegalBlockingModeException if this socket has an associated channel, and the channel is in non-blocking mode
IllegalArgumentException if endpoint is null or is a SocketAddress subclass not supported by this socket

public void connect (SocketAddress endpoint)

Connects this socket to the server.

Parameters
endpoint the SocketAddress
Throws
IOException if an error occurs during the connection
IllegalBlockingModeException if this socket has an associated channel, and the channel is in non-blocking mode
IllegalArgumentException if endpoint is null or is a SocketAddress subclass not supported by this socket

public SocketChannel getChannel ()

Returns the unique SocketChannel object associated with this socket, if any.

A socket will have a channel if, and only if, the channel itself was created via the SocketChannel.open or ServerSocketChannel.accept methods.

Returns
  • the socket channel associated with this socket, or null if this socket was not created for a channel

public InetAddress getInetAddress ()

Returns the address to which the socket is connected.

If the socket was connected prior to being closed, then this method will continue to return the connected address after the socket is closed.

Returns
  • the remote IP address to which this socket is connected, or null if the socket is not connected.

public InputStream getInputStream ()

Returns an input stream for this socket.

If this socket has an associated channel then the resulting input stream delegates all of its operations to the channel. If the channel is in non-blocking mode then the input stream's read operations will throw an IllegalBlockingModeException.

Under abnormal conditions the underlying connection may be broken by the remote host or the network software (for example a connection reset in the case of TCP connections). When a broken connection is detected by the network software the following applies to the returned input stream :-

  • The network software may discard bytes that are buffered by the socket. Bytes that aren't discarded by the network software can be read using read.

  • If there are no bytes buffered on the socket, or all buffered bytes have been consumed by read, then all subsequent calls to read will throw an IOException.

  • If there are no bytes buffered on the socket, and the socket has not been closed using close, then available will return 0.

Closing the returned InputStream will close the associated socket.

Returns
  • an input stream for reading bytes from this socket.
Throws
IOException if an I/O error occurs when creating the input stream, the socket is closed, the socket is not connected, or the socket input has been shutdown using shutdownInput()

public boolean getKeepAlive ()

Tests if SO_KEEPALIVE is enabled.

Returns
  • a boolean indicating whether or not SO_KEEPALIVE is enabled.
Throws
SocketException if there is an error in the underlying protocol, such as a TCP error.

public InetAddress getLocalAddress ()

Gets the local address to which the socket is bound.

If there is a security manager set, its checkConnect method is called with the local address and -1 as its arguments to see if the operation is allowed. If the operation is not allowed, the loopback address is returned.

Returns
  • the local address to which the socket is bound, the loopback address if denied by the security manager, or the wildcard address if the socket is closed or not bound yet.

public int getLocalPort ()

Returns the local port number to which this socket is bound.

If the socket was bound prior to being closed, then this method will continue to return the local port number after the socket is closed.

Returns
  • the local port number to which this socket is bound or -1 if the socket is not bound yet.

public SocketAddress getLocalSocketAddress ()

Returns the address of the endpoint this socket is bound to.

If a socket bound to an endpoint represented by an InetSocketAddress is closed, then this method will continue to return an InetSocketAddress after the socket is closed. In that case the returned InetSocketAddress's address is the wildcard address and its port is the local port that it was bound to.

If there is a security manager set, its checkConnect method is called with the local address and -1 as its arguments to see if the operation is allowed. If the operation is not allowed, a SocketAddress representing the loopback address and the local port to which this socket is bound is returned.

Returns
  • a SocketAddress representing the local endpoint of this socket, or a SocketAddress representing the loopback address if denied by the security manager, or null if the socket is not bound yet.

public boolean getOOBInline ()

Tests if SO_OOBINLINE is enabled.

Returns
Throws
SocketException if there is an error in the underlying protocol, such as a TCP error.

public OutputStream getOutputStream ()

Returns an output stream for this socket.

If this socket has an associated channel then the resulting output stream delegates all of its operations to the channel. If the channel is in non-blocking mode then the output stream's write operations will throw an IllegalBlockingModeException.

Closing the returned OutputStream will close the associated socket.

Returns
  • an output stream for writing bytes to this socket.
Throws
IOException if an I/O error occurs when creating the output stream or if the socket is not connected.

public int getPort ()

Returns the remote port number to which this socket is connected.

If the socket was connected prior to being closed, then this method will continue to return the connected port number after the socket is closed.

Returns
  • the remote port number to which this socket is connected, or 0 if the socket is not connected yet.

public synchronized int getReceiveBufferSize ()

Gets the value of the SO_RCVBUF option for this Socket, that is the buffer size used by the platform for input on this Socket.

Returns
  • the value of the SO_RCVBUF option for this Socket.
Throws
SocketException if there is an error in the underlying protocol, such as a TCP error.

public SocketAddress getRemoteSocketAddress ()

Returns the address of the endpoint this socket is connected to, or null if it is unconnected.

If the socket was connected prior to being closed, then this method will continue to return the connected address after the socket is closed.

Returns
  • a SocketAddress representing the remote endpoint of this socket, or null if it is not connected yet.

public boolean getReuseAddress ()

Tests if SO_REUSEADDR is enabled.

Returns
  • a boolean indicating whether or not SO_REUSEADDR is enabled.
Throws
SocketException if there is an error in the underlying protocol, such as a TCP error.

public synchronized int getSendBufferSize ()

Get value of the SO_SNDBUF option for this Socket, that is the buffer size used by the platform for output on this Socket.

Returns
  • the value of the SO_SNDBUF option for this Socket.
Throws
SocketException if there is an error in the underlying protocol, such as a TCP error.

public int getSoLinger ()

Returns setting for SO_LINGER. -1 returns implies that the option is disabled. The setting only affects socket close.

Returns
Throws
SocketException if there is an error in the underlying protocol, such as a TCP error.

public synchronized int getSoTimeout ()

Returns setting for SO_TIMEOUT. 0 returns implies that the option is disabled (i.e., timeout of infinity).

Returns
Throws
SocketException if there is an error in the underlying protocol, such as a TCP error.

public boolean getTcpNoDelay ()

Tests if TCP_NODELAY is enabled.

Returns
  • a boolean indicating whether or not TCP_NODELAY is enabled.
Throws
SocketException if there is an error in the underlying protocol, such as a TCP error.

public int getTrafficClass ()

Gets traffic class or type-of-service in the IP header for packets sent from this Socket

As the underlying network implementation may ignore the traffic class or type-of-service set using setTrafficClass(int) this method may return a different value than was previously set using the setTrafficClass(int) method on this Socket.

Returns
  • the traffic class or type-of-service already set
Throws
SocketException if there is an error obtaining the traffic class or type-of-service value.

public boolean isBound ()

Returns the binding state of the socket.

Note: Closing a socket doesn't clear its binding state, which means this method will return true for a closed socket (see isClosed()) if it was successfuly bound prior to being closed.

Returns
  • true if the socket was successfuly bound to an address

public boolean isClosed ()

Returns the closed state of the socket.

Returns
  • true if the socket has been closed
See Also

public boolean isConnected ()

Returns the connection state of the socket.

Note: Closing a socket doesn't clear its connection state, which means this method will return true for a closed socket (see isClosed()) if it was successfuly connected prior to being closed.

Returns
  • true if the socket was successfuly connected to a server

public boolean isInputShutdown ()

Returns whether the read-half of the socket connection is closed.

Returns
  • true if the input of the socket has been shutdown
See Also

public boolean isOutputShutdown ()

Returns whether the write-half of the socket connection is closed.

Returns
  • true if the output of the socket has been shutdown
See Also

public void sendUrgentData (int data)

Send one byte of urgent data on the socket. The byte to be sent is the lowest eight bits of the data parameter. The urgent byte is sent after any preceding writes to the socket OutputStream and before any future writes to the OutputStream.

Parameters
data The byte of data to send
Throws
IOException if there is an error sending the data.

public void setKeepAlive (boolean on)

Enable/disable SO_KEEPALIVE.

Parameters
on whether or not to have socket keep alive turned on.
Throws
SocketException if there is an error in the underlying protocol, such as a TCP error.
See Also

public void setOOBInline (boolean on)

Enable/disable SO_OOBINLINE (receipt of TCP urgent data) By default, this option is disabled and TCP urgent data received on a socket is silently discarded. If the user wishes to receive urgent data, then this option must be enabled. When enabled, urgent data is received inline with normal data.

Note, only limited support is provided for handling incoming urgent data. In particular, no notification of incoming urgent data is provided and there is no capability to distinguish between normal data and urgent data unless provided by a higher level protocol.

Parameters
on true to enable SO_OOBINLINE, false to disable.
Throws
SocketException if there is an error in the underlying protocol, such as a TCP error.
See Also

public void setPerformancePreferences (int connectionTime, int latency, int bandwidth)

Sets performance preferences for this socket.

Sockets use the TCP/IP protocol by default. Some implementations may offer alternative protocols which have different performance characteristics than TCP/IP. This method allows the application to express its own preferences as to how these tradeoffs should be made when the implementation chooses from the available protocols.

Performance preferences are described by three integers whose values indicate the relative importance of short connection time, low latency, and high bandwidth. The absolute values of the integers are irrelevant; in order to choose a protocol the values are simply compared, with larger values indicating stronger preferences. Negative values represent a lower priority than positive values. If the application prefers short connection time over both low latency and high bandwidth, for example, then it could invoke this method with the values (1, 0, 0). If the application prefers high bandwidth above low latency, and low latency above short connection time, then it could invoke this method with the values (0, 1, 2).

Invoking this method after this socket has been connected will have no effect.

Parameters
connectionTime An int expressing the relative importance of a short connection time
latency An int expressing the relative importance of low latency
bandwidth An int expressing the relative importance of high bandwidth

public synchronized void setReceiveBufferSize (int size)

Sets the SO_RCVBUF option to the specified value for this Socket. The SO_RCVBUF option is used by the platform's networking code as a hint for the size to set the underlying network I/O buffers.

Increasing the receive buffer size can increase the performance of network I/O for high-volume connection, while decreasing it can help reduce the backlog of incoming data.

Because SO_RCVBUF is a hint, applications that want to verify what size the buffers were set to should call getReceiveBufferSize().

The value of SO_RCVBUF is also used to set the TCP receive window that is advertized to the remote peer. Generally, the window size can be modified at any time when a socket is connected. However, if a receive window larger than 64K is required then this must be requested before the socket is connected to the remote peer. There are two cases to be aware of:

  1. For sockets accepted from a ServerSocket, this must be done by calling ServerSocket.setReceiveBufferSize(int) before the ServerSocket is bound to a local address.

  2. For client sockets, setReceiveBufferSize() must be called before connecting the socket to its remote peer.

Parameters
size the size to which to set the receive buffer size. This value must be greater than 0.
Throws
IllegalArgumentException if the value is 0 or is negative.
SocketException if there is an error in the underlying protocol, such as a TCP error.

public void setReuseAddress (boolean on)

Enable/disable the SO_REUSEADDR socket option.

When a TCP connection is closed the connection may remain in a timeout state for a period of time after the connection is closed (typically known as the TIME_WAIT state or 2MSL wait state). For applications using a well known socket address or port it may not be possible to bind a socket to the required SocketAddress if there is a connection in the timeout state involving the socket address or port.

Enabling SO_REUSEADDR prior to binding the socket using bind(SocketAddress) allows the socket to be bound even though a previous connection is in a timeout state.

When a Socket is created the initial setting of SO_REUSEADDR is disabled.

The behaviour when SO_REUSEADDR is enabled or disabled after a socket is bound (See isBound()) is not defined.

Parameters
on whether to enable or disable the socket option
Throws
SocketException if an error occurs enabling or disabling the SO_REUSEADDR socket option, or the socket is closed.

public synchronized void setSendBufferSize (int size)

Sets the SO_SNDBUF option to the specified value for this Socket. The SO_SNDBUF option is used by the platform's networking code as a hint for the size to set the underlying network I/O buffers.

Because SO_SNDBUF is a hint, applications that want to verify what size the buffers were set to should call getSendBufferSize().

Parameters
size the size to which to set the send buffer size. This value must be greater than 0.
Throws
SocketException if there is an error in the underlying protocol, such as a TCP error.
IllegalArgumentException if the value is 0 or is negative.

public void setSoLinger (boolean on, int linger)

Enable/disable SO_LINGER with the specified linger time in seconds. The maximum timeout value is platform specific. The setting only affects socket close.

Parameters
on whether or not to linger on.
linger how long to linger for, if on is true.
Throws
SocketException if there is an error in the underlying protocol, such as a TCP error.
IllegalArgumentException if the linger value is negative.
See Also

public synchronized void setSoTimeout (int timeout)

Enable/disable SO_TIMEOUT with the specified timeout, in milliseconds. With this option set to a non-zero timeout, a read() call on the InputStream associated with this Socket will block for only this amount of time. If the timeout expires, a java.net.SocketTimeoutException is raised, though the Socket is still valid. The option must be enabled prior to entering the blocking operation to have effect. The timeout must be > 0. A timeout of zero is interpreted as an infinite timeout.