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+/*
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+ * and open the template in the editor.
+ */
+package MV3500Cohort2018JulySeptember.homework1;
+
+import java.io.*;
+import java.net.*;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author kjayr
+ */
+public class AyresAssignment1 
+{
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) 
+    {
+        try
+        {
+            System.out.println("socket creation running");
+                    
+            // The ServerSocket waits for a connection from a client.
+            // It returns a Socket object when the connection occurs.
+            ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(2317);
+            
+            // The Socket object represents the connection between
+            // the server and client, including a full duplex
+            // connection
+            Socket clientConnection = serverSocket.accept();
+            
+            // Use Java io classes to write text (as opposed to
+            // unknown bytes of some sort) to the client
+            OutputStream os = clientConnection.getOutputStream();
+            PrintStream ps = new PrintStream(os);
+            
+                    ps.println("This client response was written by server Ayres"); // to remote client
+            System.out.println("This server response was written by server Ayres"); // to server console
+                    ps.println("All Done.");
+            
+            // "flush()" in important in that it forces a write 
+            // across what is in fact a slow connection
+            ps.flush();
+            
+            clientConnection.close();
+        
+        }
+        catch(Exception err)
+        {
+            System.out.println("Something went wrong...problem with networking: " + err);
+        }
+    }
+}