From ccd352fa86575264c21d8d77f9188e236fc5b965 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: steckbrief <steckbrief@chefmail.de>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 13:08:51 +0100
Subject: Resolved problem with closing sockets
 (java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError)

---
 .../thedevstack/conversationsplus/utils/StreamUtil.java   | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/main/java/de/thedevstack/conversationsplus/utils/StreamUtil.java b/src/main/java/de/thedevstack/conversationsplus/utils/StreamUtil.java
index 64f46314..729bdf11 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/thedevstack/conversationsplus/utils/StreamUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/thedevstack/conversationsplus/utils/StreamUtil.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.Socket;
 
 import de.thedevstack.conversationsplus.ConversationsPlusApplication;
 
@@ -39,6 +40,20 @@ public final class StreamUtil {
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Closes a socket.
+     * IOException is silently ignored.
+     * @param socket the socket to close
+     */
+    public static void close(Socket socket) {
+        if (socket != null) {
+            try {
+                socket.close();
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Avoid instantiation of util class.
      */
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