From 1da7f416d47588777b2be7d6395b0052389737f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mei Chang van der Werff <m.c.l.werff@student.tudelft.nl>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:03:46 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] magic number fix

---
 server/src/main/java/server/PortChecker.java | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/server/src/main/java/server/PortChecker.java b/server/src/main/java/server/PortChecker.java
index ebf9038..01f0b44 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/server/PortChecker.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/server/PortChecker.java
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import java.util.Scanner;
 
 public class PortChecker {
     private static final int defaultPort = 8080;
+    private static final int lastValidPort = 65535;
+
 
     /**
      * Finds a free port to launch the program on.
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ public class PortChecker {
         while(true){
             int port = portScanner.nextInt();
 
-            if(port > 0 && port <=65535){ //range of valid ports
+            if(port > 0 && port <=lastValidPort){ //range of valid ports
                 isPortAvailable(port);
                 return port;
             }
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ public class PortChecker {
                 System.out.println("Try a different port:");
             }
         }
-}
+    }
 
     /**
      * Checks whether a port is actually available.