How would I check if the client is no longer connected via TCP in Java?

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I'm making a server/client test and want to know if the client is disconnected in java via TCP. I'd rather not do a heartbeat but if I have to, I will.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 21 '11 at 01:45

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You have a thread reading from client as a socket input stream. The read may return EOF (-1) if connection is closed by client. Also error could be thrown if there's network problems. In either case you can assume client is disconnected.

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I did it by simply reading and surrounding it in try. Thanks. – Someguynamedpie Jan 21 '11 at 01:48

How would I check if the client is no longer connected via TCP in Java?

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