diff -r 74aeb4741e3d -r 22f8c33b0690 jdk/src/share/classes/java/nio/channels/NetworkChannel.java --- a/jdk/src/share/classes/java/nio/channels/NetworkChannel.java Thu Mar 28 06:55:42 2013 -0400 +++ b/jdk/src/share/classes/java/nio/channels/NetworkChannel.java Thu Mar 28 14:34:18 2013 -0700 @@ -87,8 +87,7 @@ NetworkChannel bind(SocketAddress local) throws IOException; /** - * Returns the socket address that this channel's socket is bound to, or - * {@code null} if the socket is not bound. + * Returns the socket address that this channel's socket is bound to. * *

Where the channel is {@link #bind bound} to an Internet Protocol * socket address then the return value from this method is of type {@link