[jboss-jira] [JBoss JIRA] Created: (JGRP-1290) Windows 7 might throw SocketException instead of BindException

[Manuel Dominguez Sarmiento (JIRA)]

Windows 7 might throw SocketException instead of BindException
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                 Key: JGRP-1290
                 URL: https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JGRP-1290
             Project: JGroups
          Issue Type: Enhancement
    Affects Versions: 2.12
         Environment: Windows 7
            Reporter: Manuel Dominguez Sarmiento
            Assignee: Bela Ban
            Priority: Minor


This is not actually a JGroups bug, it's more of a Sun JVM bug. See the following:

http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6939037

In short, when a port is in use in Windows 7, SocketException is thrown instead of the more specific BindException.

JGroups has code in several places that probes for available ports. Perhaps Windows 7 should be detected, and SocketException be caught instead of BindException in these circumstances.

Before anyone cries out "get a real OS", we use RHEL on our production servers, but some of our developers use Windows 7 on their development boxes.

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