Class SocketException in Java
SocketException is thrown from the application to indicate that some exception happened while attempting to use a socket.
A SocketException is thrown when an error occurs while a socket is being used. As of now, there are some more specific subclasses of SocketException, namely BindException, ConnectException, and NoRouteToHostException.
The class SocketException is given below:
public class java.io.SocketException extends java.lang.IOException{
//constructor
public SocketException();//constructs an empty SocketException object that is an object with no message specified.
public SocketException(String message);//constructs an SocketException object with the message specified.
}
The class SocketException also inherits methods from class Object and Throwable.
| From Object class | From Throwable class |
|---|---|
| clone() | fillInStackTrace() |
| getClass() | getMessage() |
| notify() | printStackTrace() |
| wait() | printStackTrace(PrintWriter) |
| wait(long, int) | getLocalizedMessage() |
| wait(long) | printStackTrace(PrintStream) |
| equals(Object) | |
| toString() | |
| finalize() | |
| hashCode() | |
| notifyAll() |
