Re: Detecting 'socket errors' - closing the Connection object

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>Unfortunately the isClosed() javadoc is fairly explicit in saying you can't
>use it for this:
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>  Retrieves whether this Connection object has been closed. A connection is
>  closed if the method close  has been called on it or if certain fatal errors
>  have occurred.
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Hmmm.... To me this phrase sounds like exactly what he was asking for...
Perhaps, it would then make sense to make isClosed() return false if the
socket goes south...
I think that situation very well qualifies as a 'certain fatal error'
after all...

>This method is guaranteed to return true only when it is
>  called after the method Connection.close has been called.
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This is weird.... direct contradiction with the previous sentense isn't
it? :-)

Dima