import java.net.*; import java.io.*; /** A starting point for network clients. You'll need to * override handleConnection, but in many cases connect can * remain unchanged. It uses our own helping class "SocketUtil" * to simplify the creation of the PrintWriter and BufferedReader. * * Taken from "Core Web Programming" * Prentice Hall and Sun Microsystems Press, * © 2001 Marty Hall and Larry Brown; * may be freely used or adapted. */ public class NetworkClient { protected String host; protected int port; /** Register host and port. The connection won't * actually be established until you call * connect. */ public NetworkClient(String host, int port) { this.host = host; this.port = port; } /** Establishes the connection, then passes the socket * to handleConnection. */ public void connect() { try { Socket client = new Socket(host, port); handleConnection(client); } catch(UnknownHostException uhe) { System.out.println("Unknown host: " + host); uhe.printStackTrace(); } catch(IOException ioe) { System.out.println("IOException: " + ioe); ioe.printStackTrace(); } } /** This is the method you will override when * making a network client for your task. * The default version sends a single line * ("Generic Network Client") to the server, * reads one line of response, prints it, then exits. */ protected void handleConnection(Socket client) throws IOException { PrintWriter out = SocketUtil.getWriter(client); BufferedReader in = SocketUtil.getReader(client); out.println("Generic Network Client"); System.out.println ("Generic Network Client:\n" + "Made connection to " + host + " and got '" + in.readLine() + "' in response"); client.close(); } /** The hostname of the server we're contacting. */ public String getHost() { return(host); } /** The port connection will be made on. */ public int getPort() { return(port); } } class SocketUtil { /** Make a BufferedReader to get incoming data. */ public static BufferedReader getReader(Socket s) throws IOException { return(new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader(s.getInputStream()))); } /** Make a PrintWriter to send outgoing data. * This PrintWriter will automatically flush stream * when println is called. */ public static PrintWriter getWriter(Socket s) throws IOException { // Second argument of true means autoflush. return(new PrintWriter(s.getOutputStream(), true)); } }