attached is a small patch from Guilhem hat fixes the behaviour of DatagramSocket.bind(null) to match the API spec in 1.4.2, i.e. pick an ephemeral port and a local address to bind to.
2003-11-21 Guilhem Lavaux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* libraries/javalib/java/net/DatagramSocket.java:
(bind) When address is null, it should bind to an available
port.
--- /var/tmp/PROJECTS/classpath//./java/net/DatagramSocket.java Mon Sep 22 16:56:08
2003
+++ /tmp/topic/kaffe/libraries/javalib/java/net/DatagramSocket.java Mon Nov 3
18:24:43 2003
@@ -573,7 +579,8 @@
/**
* Binds the socket to the given socket address.
*
- * @param address The socket address to bind to.
+ * @param address The socket address to bind to. If address is null, bind
+ * will take an ephemeral port and a valid local address to bind the socket.
*
* @exception SocketException If an error occurs.
* @exception SecurityException If a security manager exists and
@@ -585,6 +592,9 @@
public void bind (SocketAddress address)
throws SocketException
{
+ if (address == null)
+ address = new InetSocketAddress (InetAddress.ANY_IF, 0);
+
if (! (address instanceof InetSocketAddress))
throw new IllegalArgumentException ();
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