/**
* Closes a connection to the supplied remote address, if it is open. This method is particularly
* useful when not using a timeout for remote connections.
*
* @param remoteAddress the address of the peer socket.
* @return <code>true</code> if the connection has been closed and <code>false</code> if there was
* nothing to close.
* @since 1.7.1
*/
public synchronized boolean close(Address remoteAddress) throws IOException {
if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
logger.debug("Closing socket for peer address " + remoteAddress);
}
SocketEntry entry = (SocketEntry) sockets.remove(remoteAddress);
if (entry != null) {
synchronized (entry) {
entry.getSocket().close();
}
logger.info("Socket to " + entry.getPeerAddress() + " closed");
return true;
}
return false;
}
