Socket.close() has the following syntax.
public void close() throws IOException
In the following code shows how to use Socket.close() method.
//ww w . j av a 2s. co m import java.net.Socket; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Socket client = new Socket("google.com", 80); System.out.println("Just connected to " + client.getRemoteSocketAddress()); client.close(); } }
The code above generates the following result.