What to do on EOFException while reading from socket stream on android?

Question

Java

There is a class in android app that constantly reads something from ssl socket. Reading is done in a separate thread via DataInputStream.readFully.

From time to time, an EOFException is thrown while reading, with the socket itself saying isConnected() == true and isClosed() == false.

What is the correct way to handle these exceptions?

An example code to make it clearer what is at stake:

byte[] buf = new byte[1]{};
try {
    inputStream = new DataInputStream(s.getInputStream());
    while (!Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted()  && s.isConnected()) {
        inputStream.readFully(buf); // вот здесь кидается исключение
        // какая-то обработка этого всего
    }
}  catch (IOException e) {
    Log.e(LOG_TAG, "exception while reading: " + e);
    e.printStackTrace();
}

Answer 1

On SO, everyone is inclined to believe that this is because the server is dropping the connection, and, accordingly, you need to handle this exception by reconnecting to the server.