Prevent launching multiple instances of a java application

Question

I want to prevent the user from running my java application multiple times in parallel.

To prevent this, I have created a lock file when am opening the application,

Answer 1

Creating a server socket, bounds to a specific port with a ServerSocket instance as the application starts is a straight way.
Note that ServerSocket.accept() blocks, so running it in its own thread makes sense to not block the main Thread.

Here is an example with a exception thrown as detected :

public static void main(String[] args) {       
    assertNoOtherInstanceRunning();
    ...     // application code then        
}

public static void assertNoOtherInstanceRunning() {       
    new Thread(() -> {
        try {
            new ServerSocket(9000).accept();
        } catch (IOException e) {
          throw new RuntimeException("the application is probably already started", e);
        }
    }).start();       
}