Jersey 2 client not closing connection immediately

Question

client.close(); is not closing connection to end point immediately. netstat is showing that the connection is open for couple of seconds after client.close call is completed. Is there a way to force close the connection immediately?

Answer 1

This probably is due to the settings of the SO_LINGER value that defines the time between the close() call and the real closing of the connection.

More info about this socket option can be found in this SO answer , in Java it is possible to set the value with Socket.setSOLinger() .

I don't know if it is possible to set this value for Jersey, at least I cannot find something in org.glassfish.jersey.client.ClientProperties