SocketOption (Java SE 26 & JDK 26)
Description: declaration: module: java.base, package: java.net, interface: SocketOption
Keywords: java.net.SocketOption interface

# Interface SocketOption<T>

Type Parameters:
  `T` - The type of the socket option value.

All Known Subinterfaces:
  `SctpSocketOption<T>`

public interface SocketOption<T>
A socket option associated with a socket.

In the `channels` package, the `NetworkChannel` interface defines the `setOption` and `getOption` methods to set and query the channel's socket options.

Since:
  1.7
See Also:
  - `StandardSocketOptions`

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `String`
  `name()`
  Returns the name of the socket option.
  `Class<T>`
  `type()`
  Returns the type of the socket option value.

- ## Method Details

  - ### name

    String name()
    Returns the name of the socket option.
    Returns:
      the name of the socket option

  - ### type

    Class<T> type()
    Returns the type of the socket option value.
    Returns:
      the type of the socket option value