in src/main/java/org/apache/sling/maven/kickstart/run/LauncherCallable.java [138:158]
private boolean isLocalhostPortAvailable(int port) throws IOException {
// https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46436813/difference-between-a-connection-refused-exception-and-a-timeout-in-httpclient
Socket clientSocket = new Socket();
try {
clientSocket.connect(new InetSocketAddress("127.0.0.1", port), 500);
// without that, read() call on the InputStream associated with this Socket is infinite
this.logger.debug("Successfully connected to localhost, port " + port);
clientSocket.close();
return true;
} catch (SocketTimeoutException e) {
// we ran into a timeout (port most probably blocked by firewall)
this.logger.debug("Ran into a timeout while connecting to localhost, port " + port, e);
return false;
} catch (ConnectException e) {
// port not bound
this.logger.debug("Could not connect to localhost, port " + port, e);
return false;
} finally {
clientSocket.close();
}
}