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Thank you for this answer. I see the document of JDK 1.1.x , the setSoLinger(...) is defined as<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; Socket.setSoLinger(boolean<wbr /> enable,int val)<br />
If I set the enable as False and close the socket, will it close the connection immediately or wait for data transmittion forever?<br />
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And, I know the setSoTimeout in ServerSocket will effect the block-time of accept().<br />
Could you tell me what the setSoLinger in ServerSocket will effect?<br />

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Thank you for this answer. I see the document of JDK 1.1.x , the setSoLinger(...) is defined as
    Socket.setSoLinger(boolean enable,int val)
If I set the enable as False and close the socket, will it close the connection immediately or wait for data transmittion forever?

And, I know the setSoTimeout in ServerSocket will effect the block-time of accept().
Could you tell me what the setSoLinger in ServerSocket will effect?


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- Set to false: no linger timeout -&gt; the connection will be closed only when the data transmitted<br />
to the socket has been successfully delivered (as TCP guarentees this). In general, a linger timeout should not be used. If you use it, there is the possibility to have packets of this connection interfering with packets of a new connection in the case where it is established from the same client socket port to the same server port. <br />
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- There is no setSoLinger() method for a ServerSocket in JDK 1.1. Is there?<br />
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- Set to false: no linger timeout -> the connection will be closed only when the data transmitted
to the socket has been successfully delivered (as TCP guarentees this). In general, a linger timeout should not be used. If you use it, there is the possibility to have packets of this connection interfering with packets of a new connection in the case where it is established from the same client socket port to the same server port.

- There is no setSoLinger() method for a ServerSocket in JDK 1.1. Is there?



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What's the difference between SoLinger and SoTimeout in java.net.Socket/java.net.S<wbr />erverSocke<wbr />t ?
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What's the difference between SoLinger and SoTimeout in java.net.Socket/java.net.ServerSocket ?

What's that? SoLinger?

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