Mikhail Markov wrote: > Why not use ServerSocket(0) to just *obtain* some positive non-busy port > number (and close it after port number obtaining) and after that test > ServerSocket constructor with this obtained port number? In this case we'll > not require any reserved ports at all.
There is obviously a race condition there, so you may have to make a number of attempts to get the port you think is now free before others take it. Regards, Tim
