I had no problems closing and rebinding a serversocket to a given port. Are you sure that you do not have any other resources bound to this port?
It would help to help you if you post some context-code.
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i have sent u program previously .... n tried ur solution as
serverSocket.close()
serverSocket = null
but it is also not working and again the message is ==> address already in use .
plezz reply soon
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by: kopelaPosted on 2003-04-24 at 00:20:07ID: 8386613
You have to close using serverSocket.close(), you can also check at the documentation at:
.4.1/docs/ api/java/n et/ Socket. html#close ()
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1
I hope it will help