From ab7f3c1ab5d1c13a9f0a95e347bd9be9b499af54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: slide23 <me@slide.ws>
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 20:15:33 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add Late Bind Option

Add late-bind config option to delay binding until loading is done.

diff --git a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/DedicatedServer.java b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/DedicatedServer.java
index be30d17..8801164 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/DedicatedServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/minecraft/server/DedicatedServer.java
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ public class DedicatedServer extends MinecraftServer implements IMinecraftServer
             this.a(MinecraftEncryption.b());
             DedicatedServer.LOGGER.info("Starting Minecraft server on " + (this.getServerIp().length() == 0 ? "*" : this.getServerIp()) + ":" + this.R());
 
+        if (!org.spigotmc.SpigotConfig.lateBind) {
             try {
                 this.aq().a(inetaddress, this.R());
             } catch (IOException ioexception) {
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ public class DedicatedServer extends MinecraftServer implements IMinecraftServer
                 DedicatedServer.LOGGER.warn("Perhaps a server is already running on that port?");
                 return false;
             }
+        }
 
             // Spigot Start - Move DedicatedPlayerList up and bring plugin loading from CraftServer to here
             // this.a((PlayerList) (new DedicatedPlayerList(this))); // CraftBukkit
@@ -270,6 +272,17 @@ public class DedicatedServer extends MinecraftServer implements IMinecraftServer
                 }
                 // CraftBukkit end
 
+        if (org.spigotmc.SpigotConfig.lateBind) {
+            try {
+                this.aq().a(inetaddress, this.R());
+            } catch (IOException ioexception) {
+                DedicatedServer.LOGGER.warn("**** FAILED TO BIND TO PORT!");
+                DedicatedServer.LOGGER.warn("The exception was: {}", new Object[] { ioexception.toString()});
+                DedicatedServer.LOGGER.warn("Perhaps a server is already running on that port?");
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+
                 if (false && this.aS() > 0L) {  // Spigot - disable
                     Thread thread1 = new Thread(new ThreadWatchdog(this));
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/spigotmc/SpigotConfig.java b/src/main/java/org/spigotmc/SpigotConfig.java
index a306266..4edc6af 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/spigotmc/SpigotConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/spigotmc/SpigotConfig.java
@@ -228,4 +228,9 @@ public class SpigotConfig
         System.setProperty( "io.netty.eventLoopThreads", Integer.toString( count ) );
         Bukkit.getLogger().log( Level.INFO, "Using {0} threads for Netty based IO", count );
     }
+
+    public static boolean lateBind;
+    private static void lateBind() {
+        lateBind = getBoolean( "settings.late-bind", false );
+    }
 }
-- 
2.1.4