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@hoteye hoteye commented Sep 22, 2025

Summary

Fixed a potential resource leak in the canBind method of PortAllocator class.

Problem

The original implementation manually created and closed ServerSocket instances, which could lead to resource leaks if an exception occurred between socket creation and the explicit close() call.

// Original code with potential leak
try {
    ServerSocket socket = new ServerSocket(port);
    socket.close();  // If exception thrown here, socket won't be closed
    return true;
} catch (IOException exception) {
    return false;
}

Solution

Replaced manual resource management with try-with-resources statement to ensure automatic cleanup:

// Fixed code with automatic resource management
try (ServerSocket socket = new ServerSocket(port)) {
    return true;  // Socket automatically closed regardless of outcome
} catch (IOException exception) {
    return false;
}

Benefits

  • Prevents resource leaks: Socket handles are guaranteed to be released
  • Cleaner code: Removes manual resource management boilerplate
  • Exception safety: Resources cleaned up even if unexpected exceptions occur

Test plan

  • Verified code compiles without errors
  • Confirmed try-with-resources follows Java best practices
  • No functional changes to the method behavior

The canBind method in PortAllocator had a potential resource leak where
ServerSocket instances might not be properly closed if an exception
occurred between socket creation and the explicit close() call.

Fixed by using try-with-resources statement which ensures the
ServerSocket is automatically closed regardless of whether an
exception is thrown or not.

This prevents potential socket handle leaks in the testing framework.
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laurit commented Sep 23, 2025

I'm fine with this change, but there really is no resource leak in the original code. Since there is no code between opening and closing the socket there isn't anything that could throw an exception an prevent close from running.

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hoteye commented Sep 23, 2025

@laurit Thank you for your thoughtful review and clear explanation!

@hoteye hoteye closed this Sep 23, 2025
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