Added in API level 1
Deprecated in API level 22

SocketFactory

interface SocketFactory
org.apache.http.conn.scheme.SocketFactory

A factory for creating and connecting sockets. The factory encapsulates the logic for establishing a socket connection.
Both Object.equals() and Object.hashCode() must be overridden for the correct operation of some connection managers.

Summary

Public methods
abstract Socket!
connectSocket(sock: Socket!, host: String!, port: Int, localAddress: InetAddress!, localPort: Int, params: HttpParams!)

Connects a socket to the given host.
abstract Socket!

Creates a new, unconnected socket.
abstract Boolean
isSecure(sock: Socket!)

Checks whether a socket provides a secure connection.

Public methods

connectSocket

Added in API level 1
abstract fun connectSocket(
    sock: Socket!, 
    host: String!, 
    port: Int, 
    localAddress: InetAddress!, 
    localPort: Int, 
    params: HttpParams!
): Socket!

Deprecated: Deprecated in Java.

Connects a socket to the given host.

Parameters
sock Socket!: the socket to connect, as obtained from createSocket. null indicates that a new socket should be created and connected.
host String!: the host to connect to
port Int: the port to connect to on the host
localAddress InetAddress!: the local address to bind the socket to, or null for any
localPort Int: the port on the local machine, 0 or a negative number for any
params HttpParams!: additional parameters for connecting
Return
Socket! the connected socket. The returned object may be different from the sock argument if this factory supports a layered protocol.
Exceptions
java.io.IOException if an I/O error occurs
java.net.UnknownHostException if the IP address of the target host can not be determined
org.apache.http.conn.ConnectTimeoutException if the socket cannot be connected within the time limit defined in the params

createSocket

Added in API level 1
abstract fun createSocket(): Socket!

Deprecated: Deprecated in Java.

Creates a new, unconnected socket. The socket should subsequently be passed to connectSocket.

Return
Socket! a new socket
Exceptions
java.io.IOException if an I/O error occurs while creating the socket

isSecure

Added in API level 1
abstract fun isSecure(sock: Socket!): Boolean

Deprecated: Deprecated in Java.

Checks whether a socket provides a secure connection. The socket must be connected by this factory. The factory will not perform I/O operations in this method.
As a rule of thumb, plain sockets are not secure and TLS/SSL sockets are secure. However, there may be application specific deviations. For example, a plain socket to a host in the same intranet ("trusted zone") could be considered secure. On the other hand, a TLS/SSL socket could be considered insecure based on the cypher suite chosen for the connection.

Parameters
sock Socket!: the connected socket to check
Return
Boolean true if the connection of the socket should be considered secure, or false if it should not
Exceptions
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException if the argument is invalid, for example because it is not a connected socket or was created by a different socket factory. Note that socket factories are not required to check these conditions, they may simply return a default value when called with an invalid socket argument.