## Uses of Class
java.net.Socket

Packages that use Socket
Package | Description
--- | ---
java.net | Provides the classes for implementing networking applications.
java.nio.channels | Defines channels, which represent connections to entities that are capable of performing I/O operations, such as files and sockets; defines selectors, for multiplexed, non-blocking I/O operations.
java.rmi.server | Provides classes and interfaces for supporting the server side of RMI.
javax.net | Provides classes for networking applications.
javax.net.ssl | Provides classes for the secure socket package.
javax.rmi.ssl | Provides implementations of `RMIClientSocketFactory` and `RMIServerSocketFactory` over the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols.

### Uses of Socket in java.net

Methods in java.net that return Socket
Modifier and Type | Method and Description
--- | ---
`Socket` | ServerSocket.`accept()` Listens for a connection to be made to this socket and accepts it.

Methods in java.net with parameters of type Socket
Modifier and Type | Method and Description
--- | ---
`protected void` | ServerSocket.`implAccept(Socket s)` Subclasses of ServerSocket use this method to override accept() to return their own subclass of socket.

### Uses of Socket in java.nio.channels

Methods in java.nio.channels that return Socket
Modifier and Type | Method and Description
--- | ---
`abstract Socket` | SocketChannel.`socket()` Retrieves a socket associated with this channel.

### Uses of Socket in java.rmi.server

Methods in java.rmi.server that return Socket
Modifier and Type | Method and Description
--- | ---
`abstract Socket` | RMISocketFactory.`createSocket(String host, int port)` Creates a client socket connected to the specified host and port.
`Socket` | RMIClientSocketFactory.`createSocket(String host, int port)` Create a client socket connected to the specified host and port.

### Uses of Socket in javax.net

Methods in javax.net that return Socket
Modifier and Type | Method and Description
--- | ---
`Socket` | SocketFactory.`createSocket()` Creates an unconnected socket.
`abstract Socket` | SocketFactory.`createSocket(InetAddress host, int port)` Creates a socket and connects it to the specified port number at the specified address.
`abstract Socket` | SocketFactory.`createSocket(InetAddress address, int port, InetAddress localAddress, int localPort)` Creates a socket and connect it to the specified remote address on the specified remote port.
`abstract Socket` | SocketFactory.`createSocket(String host, int port)` Creates a socket and connects it to the specified remote host at the specified remote port.
`abstract Socket` | SocketFactory.`createSocket(String host, int port, InetAddress localHost, int localPort)` Creates a socket and connects it to the specified remote host on the specified remote port.

### Uses of Socket in javax.net.ssl

Subclasses of Socket in javax.net.ssl
Modifier and Type | Class and Description
--- | ---
`class` | `SSLSocket` This class extends `Socket`s and provides secure socket using protocols such as the "Secure Sockets Layer" (SSL) or IETF "Transport Layer Security" (TLS) protocols.

Methods in javax.net.ssl that return Socket
Modifier and Type | Method and Description
--- | ---
`abstract Socket` | SSLSocketFactory.`createSocket(Socket s, String host, int port, boolean autoClose)` Returns a socket layered over an existing socket connected to the named host, at the given port.

Methods in javax.net.ssl with parameters of type Socket
Modifier and Type | Method and Description
--- | ---
`String` | X509KeyManager.`chooseClientAlias(String[] keyType, Principal[] issuers, Socket socket)` Choose an alias to authenticate the client side of a secure socket given the public key type and the list of certificate issuer authorities recognized by the peer (if any).
`String` | X509KeyManager.`chooseServerAlias(String keyType, Principal[] issuers, Socket socket)` Choose an alias to authenticate the server side of a secure socket given the public key type and the list of certificate issuer authorities recognized by the peer (if any).
`abstract Socket` | SSLSocketFactory.`createSocket(Socket s, String host, int port, boolean autoClose)` Returns a socket layered over an existing socket connected to the named host, at the given port.

### Uses of Socket in javax.rmi.ssl

Methods in javax.rmi.ssl that return Socket
Modifier and Type | Method and Description
--- | ---
`Socket` | SslRMIClientSocketFactory.`createSocket(String host, int port)` Creates an SSL socket.

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