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// Create a socket without a timeout try { InetAddress addr = InetAddress.getByName("java.sun.com"); int port = 80; // This constructor will block until the connection succeeds Socket socket = new Socket(addr, port); } catch (UnknownHostException e) { } catch (IOException e) { } // Create a socket with a timeout try { InetAddress addr = InetAddress.getByName("java.sun.com"); int port = 80; SocketAddress sockaddr = new InetSocketAddress(addr, port); // Create an unbound socket Socket sock = new Socket(); // This method will block no more than timeoutMs. // If the timeout occurs, SocketTimeoutException is thrown. int timeoutMs = 2000; // 2 seconds sock.connect(sockaddr, timeoutMs); } catch (UnknownHostException e) { } catch (SocketTimeoutException e) { } catch (IOException e) { }