Blocking Network Calls

ServerSocket servSock = new ServerSocket (6000);

while (true)

{

Socket inSock = servSock.accept();

handleConnection(inSock);

inSock.close(); }

When using ServerSockets, be aware: the call to “accept()” causes the program to wait until the method returns. This “blocking call” can cause a program to hang.

If other operations must take place, we need some way of placing the “accept()” call in its own thread.

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