Class net.NetworkServer

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Class net.NetworkServer

java.lang.Object
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public class NetworkServer
extends Object
implements Runnable

This is the base class for network servers. To define a new type of server define a new subclass of NetworkServer with a serviceRequest method that services one request. Start the server by executing:

	new MyServerClass().startServer(port);

clientInput: Buffered stream for reading replies from client.
clientOutput: Stream for printing to the client.
clientSocket: Socket for communicating with client.

NetworkServer()

clientIsOpen(): Return client connection status
close(): Close an open connection to the client.
main(String[])
run()
serviceRequest(): Service one request.
startServer(int): Start a server on port port.

clientSocket

  public Socket clientSocket

Socket for communicating with client.

clientOutput

  public PrintStream clientOutput

Stream for printing to the client.

clientInput

  public InputStream clientInput

Buffered stream for reading replies from client.

NetworkServer

  public NetworkServer()

close

  public void close()

Close an open connection to the client.

clientIsOpen

  public boolean clientIsOpen()

Return client connection status

run

  public final void run()

startServer

  public final void startServer(int port)

Start a server on port port. It will call serviceRequest() for each new connection.

serviceRequest

  public void serviceRequest()

Service one request. It is invoked with the clientInput and clientOutput streams initialized. This method handles one client connection. When it is done, it can simply exit. The default server just echoes it's input. It is invoked in it's own private thread.

main

  public static void main(String argv[])

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