IBM iSeries throws unexpected SocketException

• Key: DIRMINA-200
• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Priority: Blocker
• Assignee: Trustin Lee
• Reporter: Simon Temple
• Affects Version/s: 0.9.3, 0.9.4
• Fix Version/s: 0.9.5

Description

Proposal of a change to nio SocketSessionImpl.

I'd like the calls to:

getTrafficClass
setTrafficClass
setSendBufferSize
setReceiveBufferSize

to not throw RuntimeIOException when a SocketException is caught.

My reasoning is based on the Socket class javadoc:

E.g. setTrafficClass

"As the underlying network implementation may ignore this value applications should consider it a hint."

and

"Setting bits in the precedence field may result in a SocketException indicating that the operation is not permitted."


The other getter/setter method javadoc also refer to 'hints' and a 'if there is an error obtaining' condition.

Some operating systems (OS/400 in my case ;-) ), do not allow the trafficClass value to be read or written. I think this may also be the case as reported here on Linux:

http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4709474

By ignoring the SocketException thrown by these methods (perhaps issuing a log4j WARN instead? Or hooking up with an appropriate monitor?), socket sessions can be established without error on an IBM iSeries.

Example stack trace:

2006-04-03 17:26:26,343 WARN [org.apache.mina.common.support.DefaultExceptionMonitor](SocketAcceptor-0) Unexpected exception.
org.apache.mina.common.RuntimeIOException: java.net.SocketException
at java.lang.Throwable.<init>(Throwable.java:240)
at java.lang.Exception.<init>(Exception.java:77)
at java.lang.RuntimeException.<init>(RuntimeException.java:77)
at org.apache.mina.common.RuntimeIOException.<init>(RuntimeIOException.java:48)
at org.apache.mina.transport.socket.nio.support.SocketSessionImpl$SocketSessionConfigImpl.setTrafficClass(SocketSessionImpl.java:342)
at org.apache.mina.transport.socket.nio.support.SocketSessionImpl.<init>(SocketSessionImpl.java:71)
at org.apache.mina.transport.socket.nio.support.SocketAcceptorDelegate$Worker.processSessions(SocketAcceptorDelegate.java:379)
at org.apache.mina.transport.socket.nio.support.SocketAcceptorDelegate$Worker.run(SocketAcceptorDelegate.java:326)
Caused by: java.net.SocketException
at java.lang.Throwable.<init>(Throwable.java:180)
at java.lang.Exception.<init>(Exception.java:29)
at java.io.IOException.<init>(IOException.java:28)
at java.net.SocketException.<init>(SocketException.java:35)
at sun.nio.ch.Net.setIntOption(Net.java:156)
at sun.nio.ch.SocketChannelImpl$1.setInt(SocketChannelImpl.java:398)
at sun.nio.ch.SocketOptsImpl.setInt(SocketOptsImpl.java:46)
at sun.nio.ch.SocketOptsImpl$IP.typeOfService(SocketOptsImpl.java:249)
at sun.nio.ch.OptionAdaptor.setTrafficClass(OptionAdaptor.java:158)
at sun.nio.ch.SocketAdaptor.setTrafficClass(SocketAdaptor.java:320)
... 4 more

I have attached a proposed patch and welcome any comments.

SimonT