From 907c19cc029ceb2fb3363fe87825f38548f54e01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Maciej=20G=C5=82=C3=B3wka?= <maciek.glowka@poczta.onet.pl>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2020 21:23:23 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] BAEL-3505: Added util class to check server connection
 (#9013)

* BAEL-3505: Added util class to check server connection

* fixed formatting

* removed unnecessary sout
---
 .../connectexception/ConnectionChecker.java   | 24 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 core-java-modules/core-java-networking-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/connectexception/ConnectionChecker.java

diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-networking-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/connectexception/ConnectionChecker.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-networking-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/connectexception/ConnectionChecker.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..360fb6ecaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-networking-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/connectexception/ConnectionChecker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.baeldung.connectexception;
+
+import java.net.ConnectException;
+import java.net.Socket;
+
+public class ConnectionChecker {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        String host = "localhost";
+        int port = 5000;
+
+        try {
+            Socket clientSocket = new Socket(host, port);
+
+            // successfully connected to host, do something with opened socket
+
+            clientSocket.close();
+        } catch (ConnectException e) {
+            // host and port combination not valid
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+}