Close a Socket Connection

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Demonstrates Socket.Close, which gracefully terminates and closes the current TCP, TLS, or SSH channel connection. The argument bounds how long to wait for clean shutdown processing.

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Socket;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Socket socket = new Socket();

        // Connect to the server using TLS.  The 3rd argument enables the TLS handshake after the TCP
        // connection succeeds; the 4th is the maximum time to wait, in milliseconds.
        boolean bTls = true;
        int maxWaitMs = 5000;
        try {
            socket.connect("example.com", 5000, bTls, maxWaitMs);

            // StringCharset controls the character encoding used when sending and receiving text.
            socket.setStringCharset("utf-8");

            // Gracefully close the current TCP, TLS, or SSH channel connection.  The argument is the maximum
            // number of milliseconds to wait for clean shutdown processing (0 waits indefinitely).
            socket.closeConnection(1000);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println("Connection closed.");
    }
}