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Class Ports

java.lang.Object

edu.stanford.nlp.net.Ports

public class Ports
extends java.lang.Object

Contains a couple useful utility methods related to networks. For example, contains a method which checks if a port is available, and contains a method which scans a range of ports until it finds an available port.

Author:

John Bauer

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Ports()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	available(int port) Checks to see if a specific port is available.
static int	findAvailable(int min, int max) Scan a range of ports to find the first available one.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Ports

public Ports()

Method Detail

available

public static boolean available(int port)

Checks to see if a specific port is available.
Source: Apache's mina project, via stack overflow http://stackoverflow.com/questions/434718/ sockets-discover-port-availability-using-java

Parameters:

port - the port to check for availability

findAvailable

public static int findAvailable(int min,
                                int max)

Scan a range of ports to find the first available one.