Code Review Request: 7035556 DatagramSocket.java:183: warning: unreachable catch clause

[Michael McMahon]

On 22/07/11 14:55, Alan Bateman wrote:
> Michael McMahon wrote:
>> But, bind() already closes the impl internally before throwing the 
>> exception.
> I was wondering about that and whether this is a bug. Suppose someone 
> creates an unbound DatagramSocket and then attempts to bind it to a 
> port. If the bind fails (say port already in use) then it may be 
> surprising that they can't retry with a different port.  Should this 
> be specified? I see there are cases such as the security exception 
> where it doesn't the close the impl.
>
> -Alan.
It doesn't seem to be specified either way, though it does seem to be 
inconsistent.
I'd be wary about changing the behaviour though
unless there was a strong justification (more than a compiler warning :) )

- Michael.
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