Integrated: 7116990: (spec) Socket.connect(addr, timeout) not clear if IOException because of TCP timeout

[Jaikiran Pai]

On Mon, 9 Jun 2025 07:39:02 GMT, Jaikiran Pai <jpai at openjdk.org> wrote:

> 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.
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> 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.

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 2f63d3ae
Author:    Jaikiran Pai <jpai at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/2f63d3aee555762bfaea2a77bf543a32ca43f069
Stats:     7 lines in 1 file changed: 7 ins; 0 del; 0 mod

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

Reviewed-by: alanb, dfuchs

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