Thomerson Homework 1

deliverables/src/MV3500Cohort2018JulySeptember/homework1/ThomersonAssignment1.java

@@ -7,6 +7,20 @@ package MV3500Cohort2018JulySeptember.homework1;
 import java.io.*;
 import java.net.*;
 
+/**
+ * =======MODIFICATIONS==============
+ * 
+ * (A) Examples 1 and 2 were combined into this document manually and the comments on 
+ * each line of code were modified so I could understand what each line of code was
+ * responsible for.
+ * 
+ * (B) The NetBean outputs were changed to show each step of the process and clearly
+ * depict exactly what is going on in the code.
+ * 
+ * (C) The while loop will stop the program after 5 connections.
+ */
+
+
 /**
  * The simplest possible TCP network program. It listens for
  * a connection, from telnet (telnet localhost 2317) or a program
@@ -43,21 +57,12 @@ public class ThomersonAssignment1 {
             // Create a new ServerSocket with the input 2317 in the constructor.
             // SERVER SOCKET is the socket the client will connect to
             // ServerSocket needs to be made only once
-            
-            
             ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(2317);
             
-            //**Set a time out to stop the .accept method from blocking indefinitely
-            //serverSocket.setSoTimeout(10000);
-            
-            //**Add a second server socket to listen for clients
-            //ServerSocket secondServerSocket = new ServerSocket(1990);
-            //secondServerSocket.setSoTimeout(1);
-            
             //Count how many connections have been made
             int connectionCount = 0;
             
-            while(true){
+            while(connectionCount < 5){
                 // The Socket object represents the connection between
                 // the server and client, including a full duplex
                 // connection (.accept() is a blocking method)
@@ -101,7 +106,10 @@ public class ThomersonAssignment1 {
                 ps.flush();
             
                 clientConnection.close();
+                System.out.println("The last connection has been closed.");
             }
+            
+            System.out.println("\nFive connections have been made - End of program.");
         }
         catch(Exception e)
         {