Java process on Mac OSX does not release socket

Question

I am experiencing an odd problem every now and then (too often actually).

I am running a server application, which is binding a socket for itself.

But once in a

Answer 1

try closing the socket with http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/net/ServerSocket.html#close() after each test, in the teardown, if you're not already.