package MV3500Cohort2021JulySeptember.homework2.Robinson;

import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.Reader;
import java.net.Socket;

/**
 *
 * @author mrobi
 */
public class RobinsonTCP3exClient {

    private final static String LOCALHOST = "0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1";

    /**
     * Program invocation, execution starts here
     * @param args command-line arguments
     * @throws java.lang.InterruptedException for user exit
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
        
        // Local variables/fields
        Socket socket = null;
        InputStream is;
        Reader isr;
        BufferedReader br;
        String serverMessage;
        int clientLoopCount = 0;
        int totalLoops = 25;
        
        try {
            while (clientLoopCount < totalLoops)
            {
                clientLoopCount++; // increment at beginning of loop for reliability
                System.out.println(RobinsonTCP3exClient.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); // locohost? 

                // 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("====================RobinsonHW2==============================");
                       
                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 e)
        {
            System.err.println("Problem with " + RobinsonTCP3exClient.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!");
            }
        }
        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(RobinsonTCP3exClient.class.getName() + " exit");
        }
    }
}