How can I know if a node that is being accessed using TCP socket is alive or if the connection was interrupted and other errors?
Thanks!
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A:
You can't. Any intermediate nodes can drop your packets or the reply packets from the remote node.
florin
2010-09-28 13:57:07
+1: It's down when you get an EOF or an Exception. Until then, it's up.
S.Lott
2010-09-28 14:47:23