Java Language Java Sockets A simple TCP echo back server
Example
Our TCP echo back server will be a separate thread. It's simple as its a start. It will just echo back whatever you send it but in capitalised form.
public class CAPECHOServer extends Thread{
// This class implements server sockets. A server socket waits for requests to come
// in over the network only when it is allowed through the local firewall
ServerSocket serverSocket;
public CAPECHOServer(int port, int timeout){
try {
// Create a new Server on specified port.
serverSocket = new ServerSocket(port);
// SoTimeout is basiacally the socket timeout.
// timeout is the time until socket timeout in milliseconds
serverSocket.setSoTimeout(timeout);
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(CAPECHOServer.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
}
@Override
public void run(){
try {
// We want the server to continuously accept connections
while(!Thread.interrupted()){
}
// Close the server once done.
serverSocket.close();
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(CAPECHOServer.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
}
}
Now to accept connections. Let's update the run method.
@Override
public void run(){
while(!Thread.interrupted()){
try {
// Log with the port number and machine ip
Logger.getLogger((this.getClass().getName())).log(Level.INFO, "Listening for Clients at {0} on {1}", new Object[]{serverSocket.getLocalPort(), InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostAddress()});
Socket client = serverSocket.accept(); // Accept client conncetion
// Now get DataInputStream and DataOutputStreams
DataInputStream istream = new DataInputStream(client.getInputStream()); // From client's input stream
DataOutputStream ostream = new DataOutputStream(client.getOutputStream());
// Important Note
/*
The server's input is the client's output
The client's input is the server's output
*/
// Send a welcome message
ostream.writeUTF("Welcome!");
// Close the connection
istream.close();
ostream.close();
client.close();
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(CAPECHOServer.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
}
// Close the server once done
try {
serverSocket.close();
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(CAPECHOServer.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
}
Now if you can open telnet and try connecting You'll see a Welcome message.
You must connect with the port you specified and IP Adress.
You should see a result similar to this:
Welcome!
Connection to host lost.
Well, the connection was lost because we terminated it. Sometimes we would have to program our own TCP client. In this case, we need a client to request input from the user and send it across the network, receive the capitalised input.
If the server sends data first, then the client must read the data first.
public class CAPECHOClient extends Thread{
Socket server;
Scanner key; // Scanner for input
public CAPECHOClient(String ip, int port){
try {
server = new Socket(ip, port);
key = new Scanner(System.in);
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(CAPECHOClient.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
}
@Override
public void run(){
DataInputStream istream = null;
DataOutputStream ostream = null;
try {
istream = new DataInputStream(server.getInputStream()); // Familiar lines
ostream = new DataOutputStream(server.getOutputStream());
System.out.println(istream.readUTF()); // Print what the server sends
System.out.print(">");
String tosend = key.nextLine();
ostream.writeUTF(tosend); // Send whatever the user typed to the server
System.out.println(istream.readUTF()); // Finally read what the server sends before exiting.
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(CAPECHOClient.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
} finally {
try {
istream.close();
ostream.close();
server.close();
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(CAPECHOClient.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
}
}
}
Now update the server
ostream.writeUTF("Welcome!");
String inString = istream.readUTF(); // Read what the user sent
String outString = inString.toUpperCase(); // Change it to caps
ostream.writeUTF(outString);
// Close the connection
istream.close();
And now run the server and client, You should have an output similar to this
Welcome!
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