Starting the Network Server from a Java application Network Serverstarting from the API

Note that you should always properly shut down the Network Server after use, because failure to do so might result in unpredictable side-effects, such as blocked ports on the server.

There are two ways to start the Network Server from a Java application.

 You can include the following line in the derby.properties file: derby.drda.startNetworkServer=trueThis starts the server on the default port, 1527, listening on localhost (all interfaces).

To specify a different port or a specific interface in the derby.properties file, include the following lines, respectively:

derby.drda.portNumber=1110 derby.drda.host=myhostYou can also specify the startNetworkServer and portNumber properties by using a Java command: java -Dderby.drda.startNetworkServer=true -Dderby.drda.portNumber=1110 -Dderby.drda.host=myhost yourApp You can use the NetworkServerControl API to start the Network Server from a separate thread within a Java application: NetworkServerControl server = new NetworkServerControl(); server.start (null);