RFR: 7116990: (spec) Socket.connect(addr,timeout) not clear if IOException because of TCP timeout [v5]

Jaikiran Pai jpai at openjdk.org
Tue Jun 17 08:40:10 UTC 2025


> Can I please get a review of this doc-only change which proposes to add a `@apiNote` to the `Socket.connect(SocketAddress endpoint, int timeout)` method? This addresses https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-7116990.
> 
> As noted in that issue, users can find it surprising that when the `Socket.connect(...)` method is called with a `timeout` value, then if that timeout value happens to be greater than the connect timeout that operating systems typically impose, then a `IOException` gets thrown instead of the `SocketTimeoutException`. The change in this PR proposes to add a `@apiNote` which explains this current behaviour.
> 
> If this requires a CSR, I'll open one once we settle on the proposed text.

Jaikiran Pai has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:

  Alan's suggestion

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Changes:
  - all: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25690/files
  - new: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25690/files/381919bd..d78f08f8

Webrevs:
 - full: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=25690&range=04
 - incr: https://webrevs.openjdk.org/?repo=jdk&pr=25690&range=03-04

  Stats: 1 line in 1 file changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 1 mod
  Patch: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25690.diff
  Fetch: git fetch https://git.openjdk.org/jdk.git pull/25690/head:pull/25690

PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/25690


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