Managing network sockets

A computer program product for managing network sockets, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to identify information associated with a request to create a network socket, the identified information including at least:
• a default network protocol and one or more supported network protocols;
• program instructions to create a second level hash map based on the identified information, wherein the second level hash map includes the supported network socket protocols and a connection state;
• program instructions to determine a network protocol to utilize associated with the request to create the network socket;
• program instructions to establish a connection for the network socket over the determined network protocol;
• program instructions to receive an application thread that references a socket descriptor, wherein the application thread includes the information to perform a service request;
• program instructions to access a concurrent hash map based on the referenced socket descriptor;
• program instructions to access the second level hash map based on the referenced socket descriptor within the accessed concurrent hash map;
• and
• program instructions to switch to a supported protocol and connection state within the accessed second level hash map to complete the service request.

A computer system for managing network sockets, the computer system comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• one or more computer readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions stored on the computer readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to identify information associated with a request to create a network socket, the identified information including at least:
• a default network protocol and one or more supported network protocols;
• program instructions to create a second level hash map based on the identified information, wherein the second level hash map includes the supported network socket protocols and a connection state;
• program instructions to determine a network protocol to utilize associated with the request to create the network socket;
• program instructions to establish a connection for the network socket over the determined network protocol;
• program instructions to receive an application thread that references a socket descriptor, wherein the application thread includes the information to perform a service request;
• program instructions to access a concurrent hash map based on the referenced socket descriptor;
• program instructions to access the second level hash map based on the referenced socket descriptor within the accessed concurrent hash map;
• and
• program instructions to switch to a supported protocol and connection state within the accessed second level hash map to complete the service request.