--- client/src/main/java/org/apache/xmlrpc/client/XmlRpcLiteHttpTransport.java	2006-07-12 22:50:38.000000000 +0200
+++ client/src/main/java/org/apache/xmlrpc/client/X.java	2006-08-24 16:55:09.000000000 +0200
@@ -121,6 +121,10 @@
 			throw new XmlRpcClientException("Failed to close connection: " + e.getMessage(), e);
 		}
 	}
+	
+	protected Socket createSocket(String hostname, int port) throws IOException {
+		return new Socket(hostname, port);
+	}
 
 	private OutputStream getOutputStream() throws XmlRpcException {
 		try {
@@ -129,7 +133,7 @@
 	
 			for (int tries = 0;  ;  tries++) {
 				try {
-					socket = new Socket(hostname, port);
+					socket = createSocket(hostname, port);
 					output = new BufferedOutputStream(socket.getOutputStream()){
 						/** Closing the output stream would close the whole socket, which we don't want,
 						 * because the don't want until the request is processed completely.