Question

I have the following code:

public void disconnect()
{
    running = false;
    if(thread != null)
        thread.interrupt();
    thread = null;

    try
    {
        socket.close();
    }catch(Exception e){e.printStackTrace();}
}

I have a BufferedReader that collects the input from the stream and a PrintWriter that sends messages through the output stream. Should the BufferedReader and the PrintWriter be closed before i close the socket? Is it bad to leave the i/o streams open?

Answer 1

According to the Java Networking Tutorial

“You should close any streams connected to a socket before you close the socket itself.”