PortFinder.java

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package org.springframework.ide.eclipse.boot.launch.util;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.ServerSocket;
import java.util.HashSet;

/**
 * @author Kris De Volder
 */
public class PortFinder {

/**
 * If you only need the one port you can use this. No need to instantiate the class
 */
public static int findFreePort() throws IOException {
    ServerSocket socket = new ServerSocket(0);
    try {
        return socket.getLocalPort();
    } finally {
        try {
            socket.close();
        } catch (IOException e) {
        }
    }
}

private HashSet<Integer> used = new HashSet<Integer>();

/**
 * Finds a port that is currently free and is guaranteed to be different from any of the
 * port numbers previously returned by this PortFinder instance.
 */
public synchronized int findUniqueFreePort() throws IOException {
    int port;
    do {
        port = findFreePort();
    } while (used.contains(port));
    used.add(port);
    return port;
}

}