package TcpExamples; import java.io.*; import java.net.*; /** * <p> * This program duplicates what happened when telnet (or nc) was invoked in prior examples, * directly connecting to an already-running {@link TcpExamples.TcpExample3Server}. * In prior examples, we used telnet (or netcat) to connect to the server application. * In this example, we are now writing our own program to make the socket connection. * </p> * <p> * As you will see, when we run this program after we start the server program, * we will see a string similar to what telnet printed, sent by the server. * The output at the server shows different socket-pair values, each time the loop iterates. * </p> * * @see TcpExample3Server * @see <a href="../../../src/TcpExamples/TcpExample3TerminalLog.txt" target="blank">TcpExample3TerminalLog.txt</a> * @see <a href="../../../src/TcpExamples/TcpExample3ServerClientScreenshot.png" target="blank">TcpExample3ServerClientScreenshot.png</a> * @see <a href="https://savage.nps.edu/Savage/developers.html#Cygwin" target="blank">Savage Developers Guide: Cygwin</a> * @see <a href="https://savage.nps.edu/Savage/developers.html#telnet" target="blank">Savage Developers Guide: telnet</a> * @see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipconfig" target="blank">Wikipedia: ipconfig</a> * * @author mcgredo * @author brutzman@nps.edu */ public class TcpExample3Client { /** Default constructor */ public TcpExample3Client() { // default constructor } /** IPv6 String constant for localhost address, similarly IPv4 127.0.0.1 * @see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/localhost" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/localhost</a> * @see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6_address" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6_address</a> */ public final static String LOCALHOST = "0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1"; //Local host /** * Program invocation, execution starts here * @param args command-line arguments */ @SuppressWarnings("SleepWhileInLoop") // you have been warned! public static void main(String[] args) { // Local variables/fields Socket socket = null; InputStream is; Reader isr; BufferedReader br; String serverMessage; int clientLoopCount = 0; try { while (true) { clientLoopCount++; // increment at beginning of loop for reliability System.out.println(TcpExample3Client.class.getName() + " 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 a Socket // object; the server uses a ServerSocket to wait for // connections. socket = new Socket(LOCALHOST, 2317); // can change hostname (or IP number) to connect to another system // Now hook everything up (i.e. set up the streams), Java style: is = socket.getInputStream(); isr = new InputStreamReader(is); br = new BufferedReader(isr); // Read a single line written by the server. We'd // do things a bit differently if there were many lines to be read // from the server instead of one only. serverMessage = br.readLine(); System.out.println("=================================================="); System.out.print ("Client loop " + clientLoopCount + ": "); System.out.println("now we're talking!"); System.out.println("The message the server sent was: '" + serverMessage + "'"); // socket gets closed, either automatically/silently by this code (or possibly by the server) Thread.sleep(500l); // slow things down, for example 500l (long) = 500 msec (1/2 second) } // end while(true) // infinite loops are dangerous, be sure to kill this process! } catch (IOException | InterruptedException e ) { System.err.println("Problem with " + TcpExample3Client.class.getName() + " networking:"); // describe what is happening System.err.println("Error: " + e); // Provide more helpful information to user if exception occurs due to running twice at one time if (e instanceof java.net.BindException) { System.err.println("*** Be sure to stop any other running instances of programs using this port!"); } else if (e instanceof java.net.ConnectException) { System.out.println("*** Be sure to start the server before starting the client!"); } } finally // occurs after any other activity when shutting down { try { if (socket != null) socket.close(); } catch (IOException e) {} // program exit: tell somebody about that happening. Likely cause: server drops connection. System.out.println(); System.out.println(TcpExample3Client.class.getName() + " exit"); } } }