1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java
index 931158e5..6e5a1ae3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/siacs/conversations/persistance/FileBackend.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.net.Socket;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.security.DigestOutputStream;
 import java.security.MessageDigest;
@@ -557,4 +558,13 @@ public class FileBackend {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	public static void close(Socket socket) {
+		if (socket != null) {
+			try {
+				socket.close();
+			} catch (IOException e) {
+			}
+		}
+	}
 }