Uses of Class java.net.ServerSocket (Java Platform SE 8 )
Date: 2026-03-16

## Uses of Class
java.net.ServerSocket

- Packages that use ServerSocket
  Package | Description
  --- | ---
  java.nio.channels | Defines channels, which represent connections to entities that are capable of performing I/O operations, such as files and sockets; defines selectors, for multiplexed, non-blocking I/O operations.
  java.rmi.server | Provides classes and interfaces for supporting the server side of RMI.
  javax.net | Provides classes for networking applications.
  javax.net.ssl | Provides classes for the secure socket package.
  javax.rmi.ssl | Provides implementations of `RMIClientSocketFactory` and `RMIServerSocketFactory` over the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols.

- - ### Uses of ServerSocket in java.nio.channels

    Methods in java.nio.channels that return ServerSocket
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `abstract ServerSocket` | ServerSocketChannel.`socket()` Retrieves a server socket associated with this channel.

  - ### Uses of ServerSocket in java.rmi.server

    Methods in java.rmi.server that return ServerSocket
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `ServerSocket` | RMIServerSocketFactory.`createServerSocket(int port)` Create a server socket on the specified port (port 0 indicates an anonymous port).
    `abstract ServerSocket` | RMISocketFactory.`createServerSocket(int port)` Create a server socket on the specified port (port 0 indicates an anonymous port).

  - ### Uses of ServerSocket in javax.net

    Methods in javax.net that return ServerSocket
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `ServerSocket` | ServerSocketFactory.`createServerSocket()` Returns an unbound server socket.
    `abstract ServerSocket` | ServerSocketFactory.`createServerSocket(int port)` Returns a server socket bound to the specified port.
    `abstract ServerSocket` | ServerSocketFactory.`createServerSocket(int port, int backlog)` Returns a server socket bound to the specified port, and uses the specified connection backlog.
    `abstract ServerSocket` | ServerSocketFactory.`createServerSocket(int port, int backlog, InetAddress ifAddress)` Returns a server socket bound to the specified port, with a specified listen backlog and local IP.

  - ### Uses of ServerSocket in javax.net.ssl

    Subclasses of ServerSocket in javax.net.ssl
    Modifier and Type | Class and Description
    --- | ---
    `class` | `SSLServerSocket` This class extends `ServerSocket`s and provides secure server sockets using protocols such as the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocols.

  - ### Uses of ServerSocket in javax.rmi.ssl

    Methods in javax.rmi.ssl that return ServerSocket
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `ServerSocket` | SslRMIServerSocketFactory.`createServerSocket(int port)` Creates a server socket that accepts SSL connections configured according to this factory's SSL socket configuration parameters.

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