java.net.SocketTimeoutException vs java.net.ConnectException

Question

When connecting to a server with a Java client socket I had this two different connection timeout exceptions.

Caused by: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: con         


        

Answer 1

Caused by: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: connect timed out

When you are not able to connect due to unavailability of the peer. Your second query, what about read? Than you will get

 Caused by: java.net.SocketTimeoutException: Read timed out

Third possibility connection refused if peer is active but refused the connection.