DevOps, CI/CD and Automation

hi ,
I am writing a servlet based application.The servlets call functions in a java class.This java class establishes a socket connection with another standalone java program.The standalone java program writes the contents of a file over a socket which is read by the other java program. I am using solaris server and tomcat for servlets. Some times I get a broken pipe exception when trying to read the contents over a socket.
can someone please help me out in finding out a reason for this error
thanks in advance,
Jfan