Identical verbiage is in fact also present in http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/net/ServerSocket.html#ServerSocket-int-int-
and http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/net/ServerSocket.html#ServerSocket-int-int-java.net.InetAddress- To wit: "The backlog argument is the requested maximum number of pending connections on the socket. Its exact semantics are implementation specific. In particular, an implementation may impose a maximum length or may choose to ignore the parameter altogther. The value provided should be greater than 0. If it is less than or equal to 0, then an implementation specific default will be used." Brian On Mar 19, 2015, at 7:47 AM, Alan Bateman <alan.bate...@oracle.com> wrote: > In ServerSocketChannel.bind then it is documented as: > > * <p> The {@code backlog} parameter is the maximum number of pending > * connections on the socket. Its exact semantics are implementation > specific. > * In particular, an implementation may impose a maximum length or may > choose > * to ignore the parameter altogether.
