Summary

Specify that the no-args Socket constructor invokes the client socket implementation factory, if one has been set, which is existing and long standing behavior.

Problem

The no-args Socket constructor omits the fact that it uses the client socket implementation factory, if one has been set.

Solution

Update the specification of the no-args Socket constructor to specify that it uses the client socket implementation factory, if one has been set.

Specification

src/java.base/share/classes/java/net/Socket.java

  /**
-  * Creates an unconnected socket, with the
-  * system-default type of SocketImpl.
+  * Creates an unconnected Socket.
+  *
+  * If the application has specified a client socket implementation
+  * factory, that factory's {@code createSocketImpl} method is called to
+  * create the actual socket implementation. Otherwise a system-default
+  * socket implementation is created.
   *
   * @since   1.1
   * @revised 1.4
   */
  public Socket()