Here you can find the source of freePort()
static int freePort()
//package com.java2s; /*/*from w ww.j a v a 2 s . c o m*/ * SonarQube, open source software quality management tool. * Copyright (C) 2008-2014 SonarSource * mailto:contact AT sonarsource DOT com * * SonarQube is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * SonarQube is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, * Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */ import java.io.IOException; import java.net.ServerSocket; public class Main { static int freePort() { for (int index = 0; index < 5; index++) { try { ServerSocket socket = new ServerSocket(0); int unusedPort = socket.getLocalPort(); socket.close(); if (isValidPort(unusedPort)) { return unusedPort; } } catch (IOException e) { throw new IllegalStateException("Can not find an open network port", e); } } throw new IllegalStateException("Can not find an open network port"); } private static boolean isValidPort(int port) { return port > 1023; } }