Probably a silly question

[GJ]

In java how do I tell if a socket was disconnected?
In C++/C# I can just poll the socket to get its status...

But how do I do that in Java? I thought the getInputStream would throw an
exception but it doesn't. and it just shows 0 bytes available. But if the
client closes, how is the server supposed to know? Seems like a silly question....
probably trivial, but would make my life easier.

[flairn]

"GJ" <star_screamer@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>In java how do I tell if a socket was disconnected?
>In C++/C# I can just poll the socket to get its status...
>
>But how do I do that in Java? I thought the getInputStream would throw an
>exception but it doesn't. and it just shows 0 bytes available. But if the
>client closes, how is the server supposed to know? Seems like a silly question....
>probably trivial, but would make my life easier.



"isClosed"
public boolean isClosed()
Returns the closed state of the socket

Returns:
true if the socket has been closed
Since:
1.4