socket creation

[hilz]

hi
i am trying to create a socket as follows:

mailSocket = new Socket("localhost",8084); //tried with a lot of other port
numbers too

and i keep getting the exception:

java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketConnect(Native Method)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.doConnect(PlainSocketImpl.java:305)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connectToAddress(PlainSocketImpl.java:171)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:158)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:452)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:402)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:309)
at java.net.Socket.<init>(Socket.java:124)
at mail.Server.<init>(Server.java:28)
at mail.Server.main(Server.java:11)

what do i need to do to be able to successfully create a socket?
thanks
hilz

[andreas]

you need the port to be open (i.e. a ServerSocket accepting connections on
that port) ....

andreas

[Gordon Beaton]

On Wed, 29 Sep 2004 06:24:44 GMT, hilz wrote:
> i am trying to create a socket as follows:
>
> mailSocket = new Socket("localhost",8084); //tried with a lot of other port
> numbers too
>
> and i keep getting the exception:
>
> java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused: connect

[...]

> what do i need to do to be able to successfully create a socket?
> thanks

The Socket constructor actually connects to the remote host and port
you specify. If nobody's listening, the constructor will fail as
you've discovered.

Either connect to a well known service (for example port 80 on most
web servers), or write a second program that opens a ServerSocket to
accept incoming connections on a port you've chosen.

/gordon

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[hilz]

never mind....
i was using the wrong method.

appologies!

there is nothing here to see!
move along!