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Alessandro Romano
Alessandro Romano

Reputation: 762

What kind of strategy is more efficient: create a new socket or use one already created?

I'm working on a Java client-server program. I use a socket to make the connection but I'm not sure about the efficiency. So, this is my question: every time that I need a connection with a server, is it more efficient to create a new socket or to use the one created for the previous connection?

I think I need a method to verify if the client is already connected.

Upvotes: 1

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Answers (1)

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Reputation: 3446

In terms of performance is more efficient re-using a previously created socket. But this don't need to be the best solution, it depends on each case.

The idiom case is having a ServerSocket in the server side that returns a Socket each time a new client connects to to it. If you require multiple clients to work against the server you could create a Thread to treat each client passing it the returned Socket.

Moreover, you don't need a method to verify you have a client already connected, ServerSocket returns a new Socket each time it happens.

Please, read more about this topic in Oracle tutorials.

Upvotes: 1

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