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+Subject: HW console output
+From:"Blankenbeker, Michael (Capt)" <mjblanke@nps.edu>
+
+Console output for HW shows the following:
+
+client class:
+creating socket
+The message the server sent was This was written by the server
+
+server class:
+The message the client sent was This response was written by myTcpClient
+Socket pair: (( /127.0.0.1, 2317 ), ( /127.0.0.1, 56950 ))
+Connection count is: 1
diff --git a/projects/Assignments/homework1/BlankenbekerMyTcpClient.java b/projects/Assignments/homework1/BlankenbekerMyTcpClient.java
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+/*
+ * To change this license header, choose License Headers in Project Properties.
+ * To change this template file, choose Tools | Templates
+ * and open the template in the editor.
+ */
+//package mv3500code;
+import java.io.*;
+import java.net.*;
+
+/**
+ * Before, we always used telnet to connect to the server. We
+ * are now writing our own program to do the connection.
+ *
+ * As you will see, when we run this after we start the server
+ * we will see the same string telnet printed, sent by the server.
+ * The output at the server will show different socket pairs for
+ * each time we ran it.
+ *
+ * @author mcgredo
+ */
+public class BlankenbekerMyTcpClient {
+
+
+ public static void main(String[] args)
+ {
+ try
+ {
+ while(true){
+
+
+ System.out.println("creating socket");
+
+ // We request an IP to connect to ("localhost") and
+ // port number at that IP (2317). This establishes
+ // a connection to that IP in the form of the Socket
+ // object; the server uses a ServerSocket to wait for
+ // connections.
+ Socket socket = new Socket("localhost", 2317);
+
+ // Read the single line written by the server. We'd
+ // do things a bit differently if many lines to be read
+ // from the server, instead of one only.
+ InputStream is = socket.getInputStream();
+ InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(is);
+ BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
+
+ String serverMessage = br.readLine();
+ System.out.println("The message the server sent was " + serverMessage);
+
+ OutputStream os = socket.getOutputStream();
+ PrintStream ps = new PrintStream(os);
+
+ ps.println("This response was written by myTcpClient"); // to remote client
+
+
+ // "flush()" in important in that it forces a write
+ // across what is in fact a slow connection
+ ps.flush();
+
+ }
+ }
+ catch(IOException e)
+ {
+ System.out.println(e);
+ System.out.println("Problem with client :" + e);
+ }
+ System.out.println("client exit");
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/projects/Assignments/homework1/BlankenbekerMyTcpServer.java b/projects/Assignments/homework1/BlankenbekerMyTcpServer.java
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+//package mv3500code;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.net.*;
+
+/**
+ * Very slightly more complex than example1. A complete copy of
+ * example 2. The only thing this does
+ * differently is introduce a loop into the response, so you don't
+ * have to restart the program after one response. Also, it prints
+ * out the socket pair the server sees. Run the program via telnet
+ * several times and compare the socket pairs.
+ *
+ * telnet localhost 2317
+ *
+ * If you're sophisticated you can contact the instructor's computer
+ * while running this program.
+ *
+ * telnet <ipOfServersLaptop> 2317
+ *
+ * And have him display the socket pairs he got.
+ * @author mcgredo
+ */
+public class BlankenbekerMyTcpServer
+{
+
+ public static void main(String[] args)
+ {
+ try
+ {
+ // ServerSocket waits for a connection from a client.
+ // Notice that it is outside the loop; ServerSocket
+ // needs to be made only once.
+ int connectionCount = 0;
+ ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(2317);
+
+ // Loop, infinitely, waiting for client connections.
+ // Stop the program somewhere else.
+ while(true)
+ {
+ Socket clientConnection = serverSocket.accept();
+
+ OutputStream os = clientConnection.getOutputStream();
+ PrintStream ps = new PrintStream(os);
+ connectionCount++;
+ ps.println("This was written by the server");
+
+ InputStream is = clientConnection.getInputStream();
+ InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(is);
+ BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
+
+ String serverMessage = br.readLine();
+ System.out.println("The message the client sent was " + serverMessage);
+
+ // Print some information locally about the Socket
+ // connection. This includes the port and IP numbers
+ // on both sides (the socket pair.)
+
+ InetAddress localAddress = clientConnection.getLocalAddress();
+ InetAddress remoteAddress = clientConnection.getInetAddress();
+
+ int localPort = clientConnection.getLocalPort();
+ int remotePort = clientConnection.getPort();
+
+ // My socket pair connection looks like this, to localhost:
+ // Socket pair: (( /0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1, 2317 ), ( /0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1, 54876 ))
+ // Socket pair: (( /0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1, 2317 ), ( /0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1, 54881 ))
+ //
+ // Why is the first IP/port the same, while the second set has
+ // different ports?
+
+
+ System.out.println("Socket pair: (( " + localAddress.toString() + ", " + localPort + " ), ( " +
+ remoteAddress.toString() + ", " + remotePort + " ))");
+
+ System.out.println("Connection count is: " + connectionCount);
+
+ // Notice the use of flush() and close(). Without
+ // the close() to Socket object may stay open for
+ // a while after the client has stopped needing this
+ // connection. Close() explicitly ends the connection.
+ ps.flush();
+ clientConnection.close();
+ }
+ }
+ catch(Exception e)
+ {
+ System.out.println("problem with networking");
+ }
+
+ }
+
+
+
+}