Hi All,
The following is a server code. Can any one tell me when the newly created ServeOneJabber is available for GC? Please see line with comment "// When ServerOneJabber is available for GC?". Since it is created in the while(true) loop, it will never get GCed, Am I right?
Thanks!
Zheng
//: c15:MultiJabberServer.java
// A server that uses multithreading
// to handle any number of clients.
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
class ServeOneJabber extends Thread {
private Socket socket;
private BufferedReader in;
private PrintWriter out;
public ServeOneJabber(Socket s)
throws IOException {
socket = s;
in =
new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(
socket.getInputStream()));
// Enable auto-flush:
out =
new PrintWriter(
new BufferedWriter(
new OutputStreamWriter(
socket.getOutputStream())), true);
// If any of the above calls throw an
// exception, the caller is responsible for
// closing the socket. Otherwise the thread
// will close it.
start(); // Calls run()
}
public void run() {
try {
while (true) {
String str = in.readLine();
if (str.equals("END")) break;
System.out.println("Echoing: " + str);
out.println(str);
}
System.out.println("closing...");
} catch(IOException e) {
System.err.println("IO Exception");
} finally {
try {
socket.close();
} catch(IOException e) {
System.err.println("Socket not closed");
}
}
}
}
public class MultiJabberServer {
static final int PORT = 8080;
public static void main(String[] args)
throws IOException {
ServerSocket s = new ServerSocket(PORT);
System.out.println("Server Started");
try {
while(true) {
// Blocks until a connection occurs:
Socket socket = s.accept();
try {
new ServeOneJabber(socket); // When ServerOneJabber is available for GC?
} catch(IOException e) {
// If it fails, close the socket,
// otherwise the thread will close it:
socket.close();
}
}
} finally {
s.close();
}
}
} ///:~