illegal start of type?{resolved}

[Dillinger4]

Any ideas why the compiler keeps pissing about an illegal start of type at while(true){? I compile this class under the command line system compiler and using Eclipse and i keep getting the same results.

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*; 

class Server{
 private ServerSocket ser;   
 private Socket soc;
 private OutputStreamWriter out;
 private int port; 
 
 public Server(int port){
     this.port = port; 
  try{
     ser = new ServerSocket(port);
  }catch(IOException e){
     System.out.println("Port" + ser.getLocalPort() + "is occupied"); 
   }
 }

while(true){
 try{
  soc = ser.accept();
  out = new OutputStreamWriter(soc.getOutputStream()); 
  out.write("port open \r\n");
  soc.close();
  }catch(IOException e){
    /*
    transitory exception\client broke the connection early
  */
   } 
  }
 }

[CornedBee]

Presentable case of formatting error

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*; 

class Server{
 private ServerSocket ser;   
 private Socket soc;
 private OutputStreamWriter out;
 private int port; 
 
 public Server(int port){
     this.port = port; 
  try{
     ser = new ServerSocket(port);
  }catch(IOException e){
     System.out.println("Port" + ser.getLocalPort() + "is occupied"); 
   }
 }

while(true){
 try{
  soc = ser.accept();
  out = new OutputStreamWriter(soc.getOutputStream()); 
  out.write("port open \r\n");
  soc.close();
  }catch(IOException e){
    /*
    transitory exception\client broke the connection early
  */
   } 
  }
 }

[Dillinger4]

So what is the problem? All the brackets seem to be in the correct location.

[CornedBee]

Get glasses and look closely! The while loop is outside the function!

[Dillinger4]

eeek. I must be going crazy. Thanks.