Urgent --- Persistent socket connection?

Hi, I have a question about the persistency of a Java Socket connection. Is it a valid idea to keep a java socket open for a long time? If so, what special care do I need to take?
My Java TCP/IP client runs as a NT service. It keeps getting input messages every few seconds, then send it thru a socket connection to a TCP/IP server. In order to avoid the overhead of opening and closing the socket every time the client gets a message to send, I want to keep the socket connection open and reuse it.
I was able to send hundreds of messages thru this way, then after a while, for no apparent reason,
the socket stops working, I typically get an exception like this:
java.net.SocketException: Connection Shutdown: JVM_recv in socket input stream read
at java.net.SocketInputStream.socketRead(Native Method)
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read (SocketInputStream.java:90)
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read (SocketInputStream.java:71)
at java.io.InputStreamReader.fill (InputStreamReader.java:163)
at java.io.InputStreamReader.read (InputStreamReader.java:239)
at java.io.BufferedReader.fill (BufferedReader.java:137)
at java.io.BufferedReader.readLine (BufferedReader.java, Compiled Code)
at java.io.BufferedReader.readLine (BufferedReader.java:329)
My programs runs on NT4.0, single-threaded. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Is it a valid idea to keep a java socket open for a long time? If so, what
special care do I need to take?Depends.
First why keep it open? Your messages only arrive every couple of seconds, does opening/closing the connection take longer than that?
If you must then the complication you must deal with is that your code must deal with re-establishing the connection when it does fail. Opening/closing it every time avoids that issue. The connection will fail, because computers fail, networks fail and people make mistakes. Which doesn't mean that you shouldn't but merely that you should consider the implications of why you need to keep it open.

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It happens now I'm required to send and receive using the same port. The only way I found to do this is to have a single socket (client) bound to a certain port. It connects to the server and one thread keeps listenning for incoming messages (by reading the input stream) while another process is launched whenever I need to send a message (by writing to the socket's output stream). The socket is created only once (when the application starts) and its output/input streams reused whenever needed.
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Socket.isConnected just tells you whether you have personally called Socket.connect() or new Socket(host, port,...). It doesn't tell you anything about the state of the connection.
You should certainly issue periodic application 'pings' at suitable intervals, and many application protocols do this. For example, Java RMI reuses connections that are less than 15 seconds old but only if they pass a ping test.
In general however you can't insist on a persistent connection over TCP/IP, especially if you have this kind of hardware in the circuit. What you can do is recognize when the connection has been lost and form a new one. The network is going to fail somewhere some time and your program has to be robust against that.

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Hello All,
Pardon me, this is a silly question.. I have a Client who is using socket connection to connect to a server.. Currently the client is not maintaining a persistent connection. IT connects to t he server ,sends & receives messages from the server and then closes the connection. How do I keep the Socket connection alive so I can get the messages sent from the server asynchronously ???
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Thanks for your reply. Can I use thread to keep the connection alive.??? If so , It would be really helpful if U can show me a sample code......
Below is my piece of code...
try{
socket_Client = new Socket(name_server,portNumber);
InputStream input = socket_Client.getInputStream();
InputStreamReader in2 = new InputStreamReader(input);
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(in2);
getMessages(in); //this method gets the messages from the server
} catch ( Exception e)
} finally {
socket_Client.close()
thanks again

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We were wondering if there any way to setup dedicated connections, i.e., not to close the socket. We have turned on the keep-alive parameter in socket adapter. We are looking some option at OS level (Sloaris in our case) like tcp_time_wait_interval. But I think this will impact globally which we don't want for obvious reasons.
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Hi All,
Interesting result. After we have turned off keepAlive property, we can see the number CLOSE_WAIT sockets have reduced (almost zero), and now we can see TIME_WAIT sockets for sometime, which is okay.
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T

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Yes, our psearch connections are indeed closed when an entry change triggers the DS server to write to those connections.
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I am trying to implement a persistent HTTP connection on the client side with request pipelining. The way I understand it is that client requests will be sent to the server, which will reply to them back to back, and then the client will read them accordingly. But when I read the server responses, I get only the reply for the first request, and nothing further, when I actually expect it to give me as many responses as the number of requests I ussued. Here is a sample code illustrating what I am trying to do.
====================
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;
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public static int port = 80;
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There are many things wrong with your code. Learn the HTTP protocol and you'll know what I mean.
Here's a hint - you'r missing headers in your code.
Some servers do not support keep-alive connections, nor do you request a keep-alive connection.
Connection: keep-alive
Use that header field and see what happends. Also, in your while-loop, you actually close the output file and the socket. Don't you think it may be hard for the server to respond to a client that closed the connection on it?
1. You don't know HTTP
2. You don't seem to know Java
3. You don't seem to understand basic programming logic

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My socket programs dont work in linux it shows error -
ot@localhost winc]# java parser
Exception in thread "main" java.net.SocketException: Invalid argument or cannot assign requested address
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:305)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:171)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:158)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:452)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:402)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:309)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:124)
at parser.main(parser.java:10)
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Actually i don't know how the firewall can cause the problem, can u please explain me.
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INFO: Thread-3::Wed Dec 03 11:27:00 EST 2008 : resetConnection-->Connection couldn't be established with the Outbound message receiver at: 157.21.29.121:4996
Dec 3, 2008 11:27:05 AM com.lsc.hl7.handler.THOutboundProperties log
INFO: Thread-3::Wed Dec 03 11:27:05 EST 2008 : resetConnection-->Trying to reconnect[in IOException]........
The Message is: Connection refused: connect
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java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(Unknown Source)
java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(Unknown Source)
java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
java.net.SocksSocketImpl.connect(Unknown Source)
java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
java.net.Socket.connect(Unknown Source)
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Here is the list of enhancements in JDK1.5.
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/net/enhancements-1.5.0.html
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There are some network properties that you can tweak with. Did you try them?
Here is the list
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/guide/net/properties.html

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Is there any way to identify the particular socket connection is closed or not ?
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namanc

If you get an IOException when you try to use the socket, the connection was obviously closed.
The correct way for an application to know if the socket was closed is:
1) the server sends a message indicating that the socket should be closed
2) the client closes the socket itself

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Hi,
I'm trying to build a chat server in Java on Linux OS.I've created basically 2 classes in the client program.The first one shows the login window.When we enter the Login ID & password & click on the ok button,the data is sent to the server for verification.If the login is true,the second class is invoked,which displays the messenger window.This class again access the server
for collecting the IDs of the online persons.But this statement which reads from the server causes an exception in the program.If we invoke the second class independently(ie not from 1st class) then there is no problem & the required data is read from the server.Can anyone please help me in getting this program right.I'm working on a p4 machine with JDK1.4.
The Exceptions caused are given below
java.net.SocketException: Connection reset by peer: Connection reset by peer
at java.net.SocketInputStream.SocketRead0(Native Method)
at java.net.SocketInputStream.read(SocketInputStream.java:119)
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     at java.io.BufferedReader.readLine(BufferedReader.java:362)
     at Login.LoginData(Login.java:330)
     at Login.test(Login.java:155)
     at Login$Buttonhandler.actionPerformed(Login.java:138)
     at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1722)
     at javax.swing.AbstractButton$ForwardActionEvents.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:17775)
     at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:4141)
     at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:253)
     at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicButtonListener.mouseReleased(BasicButtonListener.java:261)
     at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:4906)
     at java.awt.Component.processEvent(component.java:4732)
     at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:1337)
     at java.awt.component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:3476)
     at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:1399)
     at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3343)
     at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:3302)
     at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:3014)
     at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:2967)
     at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:1373)
     at java.awt.window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:1459)
     at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:3343)
     at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:439)
     at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEvent(EventDispatchThread.java:150)
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     at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:131)
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1st class definition:
public class Login extends Jframe// Login is the name of the first class;
Socket connection;
DataOutputStream outStream;
BufferedReader inStream;
Frame is set up here
public class Buttonhandler implements ActionListener
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
String comm = e.getActionCommand();
if(comm.equals("ok")) {
check=LoginCheck(ID,paswd);
test();
public void test() //checks whether the login is true
if(check)
new Messenger(ID);// the second class is invoked
public boolean LoginCheck(String user,String passwd)
//Enter the Server's IP & port below
String destination="localhost";
int port=1234;
try
connection=new Socket(destination,port);
}catch (UnknownHostException ex){
error("Unknown host");
catch (IOException ex){
ex.printStackTrace ();
error("IO error creating socket ");
try{
inStream = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));
outStream=new DataOutputStream(connection.getOutputStream());
}catch (IOException ex){
error("IO error getting streams");
ex.printStackTrace();
System.out.println("connected to "+destination+" at port "+port+".");
BufferedReader keyboardInput=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
String receive=new String();
try{
receive=inStream.readLine();
}catch(IOException ex){ error("Error reading from server");}
if(receive.equals("Logintrue"))
check=true;
else
check=false;
try{
inStream.close();
outStream.close();
connection.close();
}catch (IOException ex){
error("IO error closing socket");
return(check);
// second class is defined below
public class Messenger
Socket connect;
DataOutputStream outStr;
BufferedReader inStr;
public static void main(String args[])
{ Messenger mes = new Messenger(args[0]);}
Messenger(String strg)
CreateWindow();
setupEvents();
LoginData(strg);
fram.show();
void setupEvents()
fram.addWindowListener(new WindowHandler());
login.addActionListener(new MenuItemHandler());
quit.addActionListener(new MenuItemHandler());
button.addActionListener(new Buttonhandle());
public void LoginData(String name)
//Enter the Server's IP & port below
String dest="localhost";
int port=1234;
int r=0;
String str[]=new String[40];
try
connect=new Socket(dest,port);
}catch (UnknownHostException ex){
error("Unknown host");
catch (IOException ex){
ex.printStackTrace ();
error("IO error creating socket ");
try{
inStr = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connect.getInputStream()));
outStr=new DataOutputStream(connect.getOutputStream());
}catch (IOException ex){
error("IO error getting streams");
ex.printStackTrace();
String codeln=new String("\n");
try{
outStr.flush();
outStr.writeBytes("!@*&!@#$%^");//code for sending logged in users
outStr.writeBytes(codeln);
outStr.write(13);
outStr.flush();
String check="qkpltx";
String receive=new String();
try{
while((receive=inStr.readLine())!=null) //the statement that causes the exception
if(receive.equals(check))
break;
else
     str[r]=receive;
     r++;
}catch(IOException ex){ex.printStackTrace();error("Error reading from socket");}
catch(NullPointerException ex){ex.printStackTrace();}
} catch (IOException ex){ex.printStackTrace();
error("Error reading from keyboard or socket ");
try{
inStr.close();
outStr.close();
connect.close();
}catch (IOException ex){
error("IO error closing socket");
for(int l=0,k=1;l<r;l=l+2,k++)
if(!(str[l].equals(name)))
stud[k]=" "+str[l];
else
k--;
public class Buttonhandle implements ActionListener
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
//chat with the selected user;
public class MenuItemHandler implements ActionListener
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
String cmd=e.getActionCommand();
if(cmd.equals("Disconnect"))
//Disconnect from the server
else if(cmd.equals("Change User"))
     //Disconnect from the server & call the login window
else if(cmd.equals("View Connection Details"))
//show connection details;
public class WindowHandler extends WindowAdapter
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e){
//Disconnect from server & then exit;
System.exit(0);}
I�ll be very thankful if anyone corrects the mistake for me.Please help.

You're connecting to the server twice. After you've successfully logged in, pass the Socket to the Messenger class.
public class Messenger {
    Socket connect;
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        Messenger mes = new Messenger(args[0]);
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Problem with socket connection

have my gps reciver connected to the usb port - i have a daemon gpsd running which makes data available on tcp port 2947 for querying. when i do telnet, it gives proper data.
but when i open a socket connection using java, it does not print anything as output. actually telnet asks for an escape charatcer so i am sending "r" initially to the server but still the program does not print anything as output.
here is my java code -
import java.io.*;
import java.net.Socket;
public class test2
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try
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PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(
s.getOutputStream())),true);
out.println("r");
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(s.getInputStream()));
String line;
while(true)
line = in.readLine();
System.out.println(line);
catch (Exception e)
or sometimes it even shows error as
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at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
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Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
r
GPSD,R=1
$GPRMC,000212,V,18000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,0.0000,180.000,101102,,*1A
$GPGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,*32
$PGRME,400.00,0.00,0.00*7B
$GPRMC,000213,V,18000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,0.0000,180.000,101102,,*1B
$GPGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,*32
$PGRME,400.00,0.00,0.00*7B
$GPRMC,000214,V,18000.0000,N,00000.0000,W,0.0000,180.000,101102,,*1C
$GPGSA,A,1,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,*32

Actually the problem does not seem to be in the code because i tried some basic client server programs (without any gpsd etc in picture) and even they are not working in linux though they work perfectly in windows (on the same machine). In linux it shows exception
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Exception in thread "main" java.net.SocketException: Invalid argument or cannot assign requested address
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:305)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:171)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:158)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:452)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:402)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:309)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:124)
at parser.main(parser.java:10)
i have removed the firewall settings etc and it still doesnot work in linux
what could be the cause for this?
Sowmya

Problem with socket connection through Java Embedding...

We are trying to create a simple socket connection to a socket server through BPEL PM using the Java Embedding component.
BPEL Process : Client makes an asynchronous request. Passes an input variable. The input variable is sent to the Server Program through a socket connection through the Java embedding component.
Server: We are running a simple Socket Server program from command prompt.
The code below works fine as long as we do not try to receive a response from the server (Commented Code).
If we uncomment the code and try to receive a response, it refuses to create an instance for the BPEL Process. And sometimes restarts the BPEL Server.
Client Code:
String msg="NONE";
try{
org.w3c.dom.Element input = (org.w3c.dom.Element) getVariableData("inputVariable","payload","/client:clientProcessRequest/client:input");
msg = input.getNodeValue();
Socket clientsoc=new Socket("ServerIP",1000);
PrintWriter out1=new PrintWriter(clientsoc.getOutputStream());
out1.write(msg);
out1.flush();
BufferedReader cin1=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(clientsoc.getInputStream()));
msg=cin1.readLine();
setVariableData("outputVariable","payload","/client:result",new String(msg));
clientsoc.close();
catch(UnknownHostException e)
System.err.println("Don't know about host: dev.");
System.exit(1);
catch (IOException e)
System.err.println("Couldn't get I/O for "+ "the connection to: dev.");
System.exit(1);
}

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Problem with socket connection in midp 2.0

hello everyone.
I'm new one in j2me and I am learning socket connection in j2me. I'm using basic socket,datagram example wich is come with sun java wireless toolkit 2.5. for it i wrote small socket server program on c# and tested it example on my pc and its working fine. also socket server from another computer via internet working fine. But when i instal this socket example into my phone on nokia n78 (Also on nokia 5800) it's not working didn't connect to socket server.. On phone I'm using wi-fi internet. Can anybody help me with this problem? I hear it's need to modify manifest file and set appreciate pressions like this
MIDlet-Permissions: javax.microedition.io.Connector.socket,javax.microedition.io.Connector.file.write,javax.microedition.io.Connector.ssl,javax.microedition.io.Connector.file.read,javax.microedition.io.Connector.http,javax.microedition.io.Connector.https
is it true?
can anybody suggest me how can i solve this problem?
where can I read full information about socket connection specifiecs in j2me?
Thanks.

Maybe this can be helpful:
[http://download-llnw.oracle.com/javame/config/cldc/ref-impl/midp2.0/jsr118/index.html]
you can check there the Datagram interface anda DatagramConnection interface and learn a little about that.
If the client example runs fine in the wireless toolkit emulator, it should run the same way in your phone; i suggest to try to catch some exception that maybe is hapenning and display it on a Alert screen, this in the phone.

How to make a socket connection timeout infinity in Servlet doPost method.

I want to redirect my System.out to a file on a remote server (running Apache Web Server and Apache Tomcat). For which I have created a file upload servlet.
The connection is established only once with the servlet and the System.out is redirected to it. Everything goes fine if i keep sending data every 10 second.
But it is required that the data can be sent to the servlet even after 1 or 2 days. The connection should remain open. I am getting java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out Exception as the socket timeout occurs.
Can anyone guide me how to change the default timeout of the socket connection in my servlet class.
Following is the coding to establish a connection with the Servlet.
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mCon.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "multipart/form-data");
In the Servlet Code I am just trying to read the input from the in that is the input stream.
public void doPost(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse res)
throws ServletException, IOException
BufferedInputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(req.getInputStream());
byte [] content = new byte[1024];
do
read = in.read(content, 0, content.length);
if (read > 0)
out.write(content, 0, read);
I have redirected the System.out to the required position.
System.setOut(........);
Can anyone guide me how to change the default timeout of the socket connection in my servlet class.

I am aware of the setKeepAlive() method, but this can only used with the sockets. Here i am inside a servlet, have access to HTTPServletRequest and HTTPServletResponse and I don't know how to get access to the underlying sockets as the socket handling will be handled by the tomcat itself. If I am right there will be method in the apache tomcat 6.0.x to set this property. But till now I am not getting it.

Urgent --- Persistent socket connection?

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