==== Blocking TCP based sockets in Java ==== === Socket server source code === import java.io.IOException; import java.io.ObjectInputStream; import java.io.ObjectOutputStream; import java.net.ServerSocket; import java.net.Socket; public class Server { ServerSocket providerSocket; Socket connection = null; ObjectOutputStream out; ObjectInputStream in; String message; Server() { } void run() { try { // 1. create a socket server listening to port 8080 providerSocket = new ServerSocket(8080, 10); // 2. waiting for the connection (here we are waiting until next connection) connection = providerSocket.accept(); // 3. create Input and Output streams out = new ObjectOutputStream(connection.getOutputStream()); in = new ObjectInputStream(connection.getInputStream()); // 4. socket communication do { try { message = (String) in.readObject(); System.out.println("client>" + message); if (message.equals("bye")) { sendMessage("bye"); } } catch (ClassNotFoundException classnot) { System.err.println("Data received in unknown format"); } } while (!message.equals("bye")); } catch (IOException ioException) { ioException.printStackTrace(); } finally { // 4: close connection try { in.close(); out.close(); providerSocket.close(); } catch (IOException ioException) { ioException.printStackTrace(); } } } void sendMessage(String msg) { try { out.writeObject(msg); out.flush(); System.out.println("server>" + msg); } catch (IOException ioException) { ioException.printStackTrace(); } } public static void main(String args[]) { Server server = new Server(); while (true) { server.run(); } } } === Socket client source === import java.io.IOException; import java.io.ObjectInputStream; import java.io.ObjectOutputStream; import java.net.Socket; import java.net.UnknownHostException; public class Client { Socket requestSocket; ObjectOutputStream out; ObjectInputStream in; String message; Client() { } void run() { try { // 1. try to connect to the socket: localhost:8080 requestSocket = new Socket("localhost", 8080); // 2. Input and Output streams out = new ObjectOutputStream(requestSocket.getOutputStream()); in = new ObjectInputStream(requestSocket.getInputStream()); // 3: communications do { try { sendMessage("Hello server"); sendMessage("bye"); message = (String) in.readObject(); } catch (Exception e) { System.err.println("data received in unknown format"); } } while (!message.equals("bye")); } catch (UnknownHostException unknownHost) { System.err.println("You are trying to connect to an unknown host!"); } catch (IOException ioException) { ioException.printStackTrace(); } finally { // 4: close connection try { in.close(); out.close(); requestSocket.close(); } catch (IOException ioException) { ioException.printStackTrace(); } } } void sendMessage(String msg) { try { out.writeObject(msg); out.flush(); System.out.println("client>" + msg); } catch (IOException ioException) { ioException.printStackTrace(); } } public static void main(String args[]) { Client client = new Client(); client.run(); } } ==== Non-blocking TCP based sockets in Java ==== The following Agent sends a message and waits for a response on port 8080, also with UDP. Older versions of the Eclipse IDE, the text you type on the console can be sent by pressing ctrl+z package org.ait; import java.io.BufferedReader; import java.io.InputStreamReader; import java.net.DatagramPacket; import java.net.DatagramSocket; import java.net.InetAddress; public class UDPClient { public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { BufferedReader inFromUser = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in)); DatagramSocket clientSocket = new DatagramSocket(); InetAddress IPAddress = InetAddress.getByName("localhost"); byte[] sendData = new byte[1024]; byte[] receiveData = new byte[1024]; String sentence = inFromUser.readLine(); sendData = sentence.getBytes(); DatagramPacket sendPacket = new DatagramPacket(sendData, sendData.length, IPAddress, 8080); clientSocket.send(sendPacket); DatagramPacket receivePacket = new DatagramPacket(receiveData, receiveData.length); clientSocket.receive(receivePacket); String modifiedSentence = new String(receivePacket.getData()); System.out.println("converted:" + modifiedSentence); clientSocket.close(); } } The UDP server waits for the agents messages on port 8080 and converts them to uppercase letters and sends them back to the client UDP socket. package org.ait; import java.net.DatagramPacket; import java.net.DatagramSocket; import java.net.InetAddress; public class UDPServer { public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception { DatagramSocket serverSocket = new DatagramSocket(8080); byte[] bytesReceived = new byte[1024]; byte[] bytesSent = new byte[1024]; DatagramPacket receivePacket = new DatagramPacket(bytesReceived, bytesReceived.length); // here we are waiting for the packets serverSocket.receive(receivePacket); String textMessage = new String(receivePacket.getData()); System.out.println("I got: " + textMessage); InetAddress IPAddress = receivePacket.getAddress(); int port = receivePacket.getPort(); String upperCaseText = textMessage.toUpperCase(); bytesSent = upperCaseText.getBytes(); // send back DatagramPacket sendPacket = new DatagramPacket(bytesSent, bytesSent.length, IPAddress, port); serverSocket.send(sendPacket); serverSocket.close(); } }