Any issues with replacing new Socket() with SocketChannel.open().socket()?

Question

What can go wrong if I simply replace

socket = new Socket()

with

socket = SocketChannel.open().socket()?

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Answer 1

There are several.

1. A Socket acquired via a SocketChannel doesn't appear to support read timeouts.
2. The InputStream and OutputStream of a socket aren't independent: they have a mutual lock in common.

Why do you want to interrupt the connect() call? Surely all you want is a connect timeout?