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August 22, 2012 22:03
How to find an available (free) TCP port in Java
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| /** | |
| * Returns a free port number on localhost. | |
| * | |
| * Heavily inspired from org.eclipse.jdt.launching.SocketUtil (to avoid a dependency to JDT just because of this). | |
| * Slightly improved with close() missing in JDT. And throws exception instead of returning -1. | |
| * | |
| * @return a free port number on localhost | |
| * @throws IllegalStateException if unable to find a free port | |
| */ | |
| private static int findFreePort() { |