Here you can find the source of getNextAvailablePort()
static int getNextAvailablePort()
//package com.java2s; /*/* w w w.j a v a 2 s . c om*/ * SonarQube Runner - Implementation * Copyright (C) 2011 SonarSource * dev@sonar.codehaus.org * * This program 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. * * This program 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 02 */ import java.io.IOException; import java.net.ServerSocket; import java.util.Arrays; import java.util.List; public class Main { private static final List<Integer> BLOCKED_PORTS = Arrays.asList(2049, 4045, 6000); static int getNextAvailablePort() { 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"); } static boolean isValidPort(int port) { return port > 1023 && !BLOCKED_PORTS.contains(port); } }