BindException: Address already in use?

Hello,

Here is the problem I would like to ask about.

Lets assume I created two projects - one for Client and one for Server.

The Client side is as follows:

try{

SocketConnection soc = (SocketConnection) Connector.open("socket://127.0.0.1:9988");

OutputStream osZ = soc.openOutputStream();

OutputStream osZS = soc.openOutputStream();

Vector worekZ = dbm.serializeZamowienia();

for(int i = 0; i < worekZ.size(); i++){

osZ.write((byte[]) worekZ.elementAt(i));

osZ.write(128);

}

Vector worekZS = dbm.serializeZamSzczegoly();

for(int i = 0; i < worekZS.size(); i++){

osZS.write((byte[]) worekZS.elementAt(i));

osZS.write(128);

}

osZ.close();

osZS.close();

soc.close();

}catch(Exception e){

e.printStackTrace();

e.getMessage();

}

And the server side is as follows:

while(true){

ServerSocket serverSocket =null;

try{

serverSocket =new ServerSocket(9988);

}catch (IOException e){// THIS IS THE ERROR POINT

e.printStackTrace();

e.getMessage();

System.exit(1);

}

Socket clientSocket =null;

try{

clientSocket = serverSocket.accept();

}catch (IOException e){

e.printStackTrace();

e.getMessage();

System.exit(1);

}

if(clientSocket !=null){

ServerThread st =new ServerThread(clientSocket);

st.start();

}

}

}

The problem is I get following error when I try to connect client and server:

java.net.BindException: Address already in use: JVM_Bind

at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketBind(Native Method)

at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.bind(PlainSocketImpl.java:359)

at java.net.ServerSocket.bind(ServerSocket.java:319)

at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:185)

at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:97)

at serverside.ServerMobile.main(ServerMobile.java:16)

I checked by means of netstat if the 9988 port is realy in use before I start program. I isnt. So why is that so the exception is thrown?

[3444 byte] By [dstannna] at [2007-11-26 16:53:52]
# 1
Move server socket creation out of while loop. You don't need to create new server socket every time.
Michael.Nazarov@sun.coma at 2007-7-8 23:21:33 > top of Java-index,Core,Core APIs...