How can I see if a COM port is available?

[sblantipodi]

Hi, thanks for this wonderful lib, Java really needed something good like this.

Thanks for the effort you put into it to make it real.

Is it possible to see if a COM port is available?

SerialPort[] ports = SerialPort.getCommPorts();
        for (SerialPort port : ports) {
            if (port.isOpen()) {
                // not available
            } else {
               // available
            }
        }

this code says that the com port is always available, even if all the ports are locked/opened by other programs.

[NorbertSandor]

Try to open the port, it will fail if it has been opened by another process. (isOpen() only indicates whether the port has been opened by using the given SerialPort instance.)

[sblantipodi]

ok thanks it worked 👍 congrats for the wonderful lib!