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public final class SocketReader implements Runnable { // Thread-safe class
  private final Socket socket;
  private final BufferedReader in;
  private volatile boolean done = false;
  private final Object lock = new Object();

  public SocketReader(String host, int port) throws IOException {
    this.socket = new Socket(host, port);
    this.in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(this.socket.getInputStream()));
  }
  
  // Only one thread can use the socket at a particular time
  @Override public void run() {
    try {
      synchronized (lock) {
        readData(); 
      }      
    } catch (IOException ie) {
      // Forward to handler
    }
  }

  public void readData() throws IOException {
    String string;
    try {
      while ((string = in.readLine()) != null) { 
        // Blocks until end of stream (null)
      }
    } finally {
      shutdown();
    }
  }
  
  public void shutdown() throws IOException {
    socket.close();
  }

}

public final class PoolService {
  private final ExecutorService pool;

  public PoolService(int poolSize) {
    pool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(poolSize);
  }
	  
  public void doSomething() throws InterruptedException, IOException {	   
    pool.submit(new SocketReader("somehost", 8080));
    // ...
    List<Runnable> awaitingTasks = pool.shutdownNow();	      
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException, IOException {
    PoolService service = new PoolService(5);
    service.doSomething();
  }
}

public final class SocketReader implements Runnable {
  private final Socket socket;
  // ...
}

public final class SocketReader implements Runnable {
  private final SocketChannel sc;
  private final Object lock = new Object();
  
  public SocketReader(String host, int port) throws IOException {
    sc = SocketChannel.open(new InetSocketAddress(host, port));    
  }
  
  @Override public void run() {
    ByteBuffer buf = ByteBuffer.allocate(1024);
    try {
      synchronized (lock) {
        while (!Thread.interrupted()) {
          sc.read(buf);
          // ...
        }
      }
    } catch (IOException ie) {
      // Forward to handler
    }
  }
}

public final class PoolService {
  // ...
}

public final class SocketReader implements Runnable {
  private final SocketChannel sc;
  // ...
}