Basics of Sockets and Java

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Java Code for a Client Server - w/ Sockets
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the following code will get you started using sockets and Java:
3 steps here: 
1 - A server 
2 - A client 
3 - Data transfer 
to initialize a client socket, the code would look something like this: 
Socket clientSocket = null; 
clientSocket = new Socket(10.1.1.1,5050) 
This says that this socket is connecting to a computer with the ip: 10.1.1.1 on port 5050. Now ip could be used or a computer name. But before a client connects to a server socket, there has to be a server socket: 
Socket serverSocket = null 
serverSocket = new Socket(5050); 
//Notice no host name or ip here 
serverSocket.accept(); 
//Now accepting clients! 
From the socket you must send and recieve data. (I/O)For this to happen you need to declare a PrintWriter for output and a BufferedReader for input. 
(Client side here:) 
PrintWriter out = null; 
BufferedReader in = null; 
Socket cleintSocket = null; 
clientSocket = new Socket(10.1.1.1,5050); 
out = new PrintWriter(clientSocket.getOutputStream(), true); 
in = new BufferedReader( new inputStreamReader 
( clientSocket.getInputStream())); 
The PrintWriter out will be the front door for the socket's output. Calling out.printin("Hello") would send the string Hello to the server. 
To finish, here how to use a loop to receive information: 
PrintWriter out = null; 
BufferedReader in = null; 
Socket clientSocket = null; 
String fromServer; 
clientSocket = new Socket(10.1.1.1,5050); 
out = new PrintWriter(clientSocket.getOutputStream(), true); 
in = new BufferedReader( new inputStreamReader ( clientSocket.getInputStream())); 
while((fromServer = in.readline()) != null) { 
System.out.printin("Server: " + fromServer); 
} 
out.close(); 
in.close(); 
clientSocket.close();