Here you can find the source of isPortAvailable(int port)
private static boolean isPortAvailable(int port)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w w w . ja va 2 s . c om * Ejisto, a powerful developer assistant * * Copyright (C) 2010-2013 Celestino Bellone * * Ejisto is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * Ejisto 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 General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.io.IOException; import java.net.*; public class Main { private static boolean isPortAvailable(int port) { try (DatagramSocket udp = new DatagramSocket(port); ServerSocket tcp = new ServerSocket(port)) { tcp.setReuseAddress(true); udp.setReuseAddress(true); return true; } catch (IOException ex) { return false; } } }