What is a socket exception?
The SocketException is an exception in Java that is thrown to indicate that an error was encountered while creating or accessing a Socket. Since the SocketException is a checked exception, it either needs to be thrown or surrounded by a try-catch block in code.
What is 0x80004005 socket exception?
This SocketException means that the remote side closed the connection (usually by sending a TCP/IP RST packet ). If you're working with a third-party application, the likely causes are: You are sending malformed data to the application (which could include sending an HTTPS request to an HTTP server).