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Example

Client.java

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
    
public class Client{
    public static void main(String [] args) throws IOException{
        DatagramSocket clientSocket = new DatagramSocket(); 
        InetAddress address = InetAddress.getByName(args[0]);

        String ex = "Hello, World!";
        byte[] buf = ex.getBytes();

        DatagramPacket packet = new DatagramPacket(buf,buf.length, address, 4160); 
        clientSocket.send(packet);
    }
}

In this case, we pass in the address of the server, via an argument (args[0]). The port we are using is 4160.

Server.java

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

public class Server{
    public static void main(String [] args) throws IOException{
        DatagramSocket serverSocket = new DatagramSocket(4160);

        byte[] rbuf = new byte[256];
        DatagramPacket packet = new DatagramPacket(rbuf, rbuf.length);        
        serverSocket.receive(packet);
        String response = new String(packet.getData());
        System.out.println("Response: " + response);
    }
}

On the server-side, declare a DatagramSocket on the same port which we sent our message to (4160) and wait for a response.

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