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Given this stack trace snippet
Caused by: java.net.SocketException:
Software caused connection abort:
socket write error
at
java.net.SocketOutputStream.socketWrite0(Native
Method)
I tried to answer the following questions:
What code is throwing this exception? (JVM?/Tomcat?/My code?) What causes this exception to be thrown?Regarding #1:
Sun's JVM source doesn't contain this exact message, but I think the text
Software caused connection abort: socket write error
is from the native implementation of SocketOutputStream:
private native void socketWrite0(FileDescriptor fd, byte[] b, int off, int len) throws IOException;Regarding #2
My guess is that it is caused when the client has terminated the connection, before getting the full response (e.g. sent a request, but before getting the full response, it got closed / terminated / offline)
Questions:
Are the above assumptions correct (#1 and #2)? Can this be differentiated from the situation:could not write to the client, due to a network error on the server side"
or would that render the same error message?
And most important: Is there an official document (e.g from Sun) stating the above?I need to have a proof that this stack trace is the socket client's "fault", and there is nothing that the server could have done to avoid it. (except catching the exception, or using a non Sun JVM SocketOutputStream, though both don't really avoid the fact the client has terminated)
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