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Java Concurrent Socket Programming

Below is my code for a simple Concurrent Server. Whenever I run multiple clients, the server only prints out the input of the first client. I'm not sure what I've done wrong. Any help would be appreciated.
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(8001);
while (true){
Socket clientSocket = serverSocket.accept();
System.out.println(clientSocket);
ConcurrentServer client = new ConcurrentServer(clientSocket);
client.start();
}
} catch (IOException i){}
}
public void run(){
try {
inputStream = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(concurrentSocket.getInputStream()));
outputStream = new PrintWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(concurrentSocket.getOutputStream()));
String testString = inputStream.readLine();
System.out.println(testString);
} catch (IOException i){}
}

This code might help you to understand how to run multiple clients concurrently. :)
What this code does? TCP Client sends a string to the server and TCP server sends back the string in UPPERCASE format & the server can do this concurrently with multiple connections.
I have included 3 files for the server and one more for testing the server with multiple clients(ClientTest.java)
Main.java
import java.io.IOException;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
new Server(3000).start();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
Server.java
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.ServerSocket;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
public class Server {
private ServerSocket sSocket;
private boolean run;
private int port;
public Server(int port) throws IOException {
this.port = port;
this.sSocket = new ServerSocket(this.port);
}
public void start() {
this.run = true;
Logger.getLogger(getClass().getName()).info("Server is listening on port: " + port);
try {
while (run) {
Socket cs = sSocket.accept();
Logger.getLogger(getClass().getName())
.info("New Client Connected! " + cs.getPort());
new Thread(new Client(cs)).start(); // Put to a new thread.
}
} catch (IOException e) {
Logger.getLogger(getClass().getName()).severe(e.getMessage());
}
}
public void stop() {
this.run = false;
}
}
Client.java (Client Process on server)
import java.io.*;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
public class Client implements Runnable {
private Socket clientSocket;
private DataOutputStream out; // write for the client
private BufferedReader in; // read from the client
public Client(Socket clientSocket) {
this.clientSocket = clientSocket;
}
#Override
public void run() {
// Do client process
outToClient(inFromClient().toUpperCase());
closeConnection();
}
private String inFromClient() {
String messageFromClient = "";
/*
* Do not use try with resources because once -
* - it exits the block it will close your client socket too.
*/
try {
in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(clientSocket.getInputStream()));
messageFromClient = in.readLine();
} catch (IOException e) {
Logger.getLogger(getClass().getName()).severe("InFromClientErr - " + e.getMessage());
}
return messageFromClient.trim().equals("") ? "No Inputs given!" : messageFromClient;
}
private void outToClient(String message) {
try {
out = new DataOutputStream(clientSocket.getOutputStream());
out.writeBytes(message);
} catch (IOException e) {
Logger.getLogger(getClass().getName()).severe("OutToClientErr - " + e.getMessage());
}
}
private void closeConnection() {
try {
in.close();
out.close();
clientSocket.close();
} catch (NullPointerException | IOException e) {
Logger.getLogger(getClass().getName()).severe(e.getMessage());
}
}
}
ClientTest.java (For Testing clients)
import java.io.*;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class ClientTest {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Socket clientSocket;
try {
clientSocket = new Socket("localhost", 3000);
DataOutputStream outToServer = new DataOutputStream(clientSocket.getOutputStream());
BufferedReader inFromServer = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(clientSocket.getInputStream()));
outToServer.writeBytes(new Scanner(System.in).nextLine() + '\n'); // Get user input and send.
System.out.println(inFromServer.readLine()); // Print the server response.
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}

The issue was instead with the client. Not the server. The socket was declared outside of the for loop, and therefore only one connection was being created. Like so below:
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
socket = new Socket("127.0.0.1", 8001);
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++){
System.out.println("Starting client: " + i);
ConcurrentClient concurrentClient = new ConcurrentClient(socket, i);
concurrentClient.run();
}
} catch (IOException io) {
}
}
The Socket should be declared inside the for loop like so:
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++){
socket = new Socket("127.0.0.1", 8001);
System.out.println("Starting client: " + i);
ConcurrentClient concurrentClient = new ConcurrentClient(socket, i);
concurrentClient.run();
}
} catch (IOException io) {
}
}

I really don't know why you need so complex structure of input and output streams. It is better to use Scanner that will wait for the new input.
Also you can use PrintWriter to output the results of your conversation.
Here is server that accepts multiple clients:
import java.io.*;
import java.net.ServerSocket;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.util.Scanner;
public class ConcurrentServer extends Thread {
private Socket concurrentSocket;
public ConcurrentServer(Socket clientSocket) {
this.concurrentSocket = clientSocket;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(8001);
while (true){
Socket clientSocket = serverSocket.accept();
System.out.println(clientSocket);
ConcurrentServer client = new ConcurrentServer(clientSocket);
client.start();
}
} catch (IOException i){}
}
public void run(){
try {
InputStream inputStream = concurrentSocket.getInputStream();
Scanner scanner = new Scanner(inputStream);
OutputStream outputStream = concurrentSocket.getOutputStream();
PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(outputStream);
while(scanner.hasNextLine()){
String line = scanner.nextLine();
System.out.println(line);
pw.println("message: " + line);
pw.flush();
}
} catch (IOException i){}
}
}

Why isn't my socket revieving the message?

I'm trying to learn how to use java sockets before next semester. I wrote this program that is supposed to accept accept a message from a sender and send the message to a reciever. You specify the reciever by writing the name of the client that is connected, if the client isn't connected then the server will respond by sending the message "DISCONNECTED". But for some reason the message isn't sent to the reciever. I can still send the message to the sender though. Is this the right forum to ask for this kind of help?
This is my client class
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.net.Socket;
public class MyTestClient {
static int port = 0;
static String ip = "";
static String name = "";
public static void main(String args[] ) {
if(args.length == 3) {
try{
port = Integer.parseInt(args[1]);
} catch(NumberFormatException e) {
System.out.println("Usage: Java MyTestClient <ip> <port> <name>");
System.exit(0);
}
ip = args[0];
name = args[2];
} else {
System.out.println("Usage: Java MyTestClient <ip> <port> <name>");
System.exit(0);
}
try {
Socket socket = new Socket(ip, port);
new Thread(new MessageHandler(socket)).start();
new Thread(new InputHandler(socket)).start();
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Could not connect to: " + ip + " : " + port);
System.exit(0);
}
}
public static class MessageHandler implements Runnable {
Socket socket;
public MessageHandler(Socket socket) {
this.socket = socket;
}
#Override
public void run() {
PrintWriter out = null;
BufferedReader in = null;
try {
out = new PrintWriter(socket.getOutputStream(), true);
in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
}catch(IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
String fromServer;
try {
while ((fromServer = in.readLine()) != null) {
System.out.println(fromServer);
fromServer.trim();
if(fromServer.contains(" ")) {
String split[] = fromServer.split(" ", 2);
System.out.println(split.length == 2 ? split[1] + " Is a two part message" : "Strange message");
} else {
if(fromServer.equals("NAME")) {
System.out.println("Server asks for name | gives given name to server");
out.println(name);
}
if(fromServer.equals("SUCCESS")) {
System.out.println("Message succesfully sent");
}
if(fromServer.equals("ERROR")) {
System.out.println("Something went wrong when sending the message");
}
if(fromServer.equals("OCCUPIED")) {
System.out.println("Name was already used. Start the program with another name");
socket.close();
System.exit(0);
}
if(fromServer.equals("DISCONNECTED")) {
System.out.println("The reciever was not connected");
}
if(fromServer.equals("REGISTERED")) {
System.out.println("Successfully logged in to server");
}
}
}
} catch(IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
public static class InputHandler implements Runnable {
Socket socket;
public InputHandler(Socket socket) {
this.socket = socket;
}
#Override
public void run() {
String fromUser = null;
PrintWriter out = null;
try {
out = new PrintWriter(socket.getOutputStream(), true);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
BufferedReader kbi = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
try {
while ((fromUser = kbi.readLine()) != null) {
out.println(fromUser);
}
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
This is my server class
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;
public class MyServer {
public static int port;
public static int maxConnections;
public static final String NAME = "Server";
private static Map<String, Socket> socketsMap = new HashMap<>();
public static void main(String args[]) {
if(args.length == 2) {
try{
port = Integer.parseInt(args[0]);
maxConnections = Integer.parseInt(args[1]);
}catch(Exception e){
System.out.println("Usage: Java Myserver <port> <maxConnections>");
System.exit(0);
}
} else {
System.out.println("Usage: Java Myserver <port> <maxConnections>");
System.exit(0);
}
new Thread(new ConnectionHandler(port, maxConnections)).start();
}
public static class ConnectionHandler implements Runnable {
private ServerSocket server;
private Socket socket = null;
public int currentSocket = 0;
public int port = 0;
public int maxConnections = 0;
public ConnectionHandler(int port, int maxConnections) {
this.maxConnections = maxConnections;
this.port = port;
}
#Override
public void run() {
try {
server = new ServerSocket(7777);
} catch (IOException e1) {
System.out.println("Server could not connect to port: " + port);
e1.printStackTrace();
System.exit(0);
}
while(currentSocket++ < maxConnections) {
try {
socket = server.accept();
PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(socket.getOutputStream(), true);
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
out.println("NAME");
String message;
while((message = in.readLine()) != null) {
if(!socketsMap.containsKey(message) || message.equals("SERVER")) {
out.println("REGISTERED");
socketsMap.put(message, socket);
System.out.println(message + " has logged on server");
new Thread(new SocketHandler(socketsMap.get(message))).start();
} else {
out.println("OCCUPIED");
System.out.println(socket.getInetAddress().toString() + " has tried to login with existing name " + message);
socket.close();
currentSocket--;
}
socket = null;
break;
}
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Something went wrong with client connection");
}
}
}
}
public static class SocketHandler implements Runnable {
Socket socket = null;
public SocketHandler(Socket socket) {
this.socket = socket;
}
#Override
public void run() {
try {
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
PrintWriter respond = new PrintWriter(socket.getOutputStream(), true);
String input;
while((input = in.readLine() ) != null) {
String[] info = input.split(" ", 2);
if(info.length != 2){
System.out.println("Message computed wrong");
respond.println("ERROR");
break;
}
if(info[0].equals("SERVER")) {
//TODO: Write a server command handler class
} else if ( socketsMap.containsKey(info[0]) ){
Socket reciever = socketsMap.get(info[0]);
PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(reciever.getOutputStream());
respond.println("SUCCESS");
System.out.println(info[0] + " send the message: "+ info[1]);
out.println("MESSAGE" + " " + info[1]);
break;
} else {
System.out.println("Reciever is not connected");
respond.println("DISCONNECTED");
}
}
}catch(IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
Maybe you can run it on your computers and see what i mean?

#Override
public void run() {
try {
server = new ServerSocket(7777);
} catch (IOException e1) {
System.out.println("Server could not connect to port: " + port);
e1.printStackTrace();
System.exit(0);
}
change the code above to
#Override
public void run() {
try {
server = new ServerSocket(port);
} catch (IOException e1) {
System.out.println("Server could not connect to port: " + port);
e1.printStackTrace();
System.exit(0);
}

Java: I don't get the messages from other clients?

does anyone know whats wrong with my code?
When I write something with client1 i just see it on the server and on the client1 but not on client2.
run() in Client.java:
public void run() {
Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in);
try {
Socket client = new Socket(host, port);
System.out.println("client started");
OutputStream out = client.getOutputStream();
PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(out);
InputStream in = client.getInputStream();
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
String i = input.nextLine();
writer.write(clientname + ": " + i + newline);
writer.flush();
String s = null;
while((s = reader.readLine()) != null) {
System.out.println(s);
}
writer.close();
reader.close();
client.close();
}
If you need the Server code or anything else just ask.
Thanks in advance!!
Additionally the Server:
public class Server {
public static void main(String[] args) {
int port = 40480;
int max = 10;
ExecutorService executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(max);
try {
ServerSocket server = new ServerSocket(port);
System.out.print("server started" + "\n");
while(true) {
try {
Socket client = server.accept();
executor.execute(new Handler(client));
}
catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
} catch(Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
And the Handler:
public class Handler implements Runnable{
private Socket client;
public Handler(Socket client) {
this.client = client;
}
#Override
public void run() {
try {
OutputStream out = client.getOutputStream();
PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(out);
InputStream in = client.getInputStream();
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
String s = null;
while((s = reader.readLine()) != null) {
writer.write(s + "\n");
writer.flush();
System.out.println(s);
}
writer.close();
reader.close();
client.close();
}
catch(Exception e) {
}
}
}

This is an example - it is not complete but should give you an idea how you could multicast output to a number of listening clients. There are better ways to do this, but I wrote it similar to how you appeared to be doing the sockets. It also lacks error checking in many places and I have left that as an exercise for the reader. This code was also written so that it can be used on Java 1.6 or higher.
The code uses a list of connected Clients maintained in the Server object. When input is received from one client, the output is multicast to each client in the Client list. Writing is done via a write method in the Client class.
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.net.ServerSocket;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import java.util.Iterator;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
public class MulticastEchoServer {
List<Client> clientList = new LinkedList<Client>();
ExecutorService executor;
int port = 40480;
int max = 10;
public MulticastEchoServer() {
this.executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(max);
}
public void writeToAllClients(String string) throws IOException {
// Multiple threads access this so it must be in synchronized block
synchronized (this.clientList) {
Iterator<Client> iter = this.clientList.iterator();
while (iter.hasNext())
iter.next().write(string);
}
}
public void addClient(Client client) {
// Multiple threads access this so it must be in synchronized block
synchronized (this.clientList) {
clientList.add(client);
}
}
public void removeClient(Client client) {
// Multiple threads access this so it must be in synchronized block
synchronized (this.clientList) {
clientList.remove(client);
}
}
public void listen() {
try {
ServerSocket server = new ServerSocket(port);
System.out.println("server started and listening for connections");
while (true) {
try {
Socket socket = server.accept();
System.out.print("connection accepted" + "\n");
Client newClient = new Client(this, socket);
this.addClient(newClient);
this.executor.execute(newClient);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
new MulticastEchoServer().listen();
}
private class Client implements Runnable {
Socket socket;
PrintWriter writer;
BufferedReader reader;
MulticastEchoServer server;
public Client(MulticastEchoServer server, Socket socket) throws IOException {
this.server = server;
this.socket = socket;
this.writer = new PrintWriter(this.socket.getOutputStream());
this.reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
}
synchronized public void write(String string) throws IOException {
writer.write(string);
writer.flush();
}
public void close() {
this.writer.close();
try {
this.reader.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
}
try {
this.socket.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
}
}
#Override
public void run() {
System.out.println("Client Waiting");
String inString = null;
try {
while ((inString = this.reader.readLine()) != null) {
this.server.writeToAllClients(inString + "\n");
System.out.println(inString);
}
} catch (IOException e1) {
}
server.removeClient(this);
this.close();
System.out.println("Client Closed");
}
}
}

In your handler:
while((s = reader.readLine()) != null) {
writer.write(s + "\n");
writer.flush();
System.out.println(s);
}
You are only writing the string back to the sender, not to all connected sockets

Socket Issue - Only first message read

I am very new to sockets and was hoping someone could help me. I had something working but it was not sending information very quickly so i have refactored and now cannot get back to anything which works. The issue seems to be that only the first message that is published is read and then the receiver sits on client = listener.accept(); even though im pretty sure the sender is still sending messages
Can anyone see what i might be doing wrong here please?
Thanks
public class Sender {
Socket server = null;
DataInputStream inp = null;
PrintStream outp = null;
public Sender(){
server = new Socket("127.0.0.1" , 3456);
outp = new PrintStream(server.getOutputStream());
}
private void connectAndSendToServer(String message) {
outp = new PrintStream(server.getOutputStream());
outp.print(message + "\n");
outp.flush();
}
}
Receiver class
public class Receive{
public String receiveMessage(int port) {
String message= null;
ServerSocket listener = null;
Socket client = null;
try{
listener = new ServerSocket(port);
client = listener.accept();
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(client.getInputStream()));
return br.readLine();
}
...
finally{
try {
if(client!=null && listener!=null){
client.close();
listener.close();
}
}
catch (IOException e) {
}
}
return message;
}
}

This because a ServerSocket is used as an entry point for a normal Socket. accept() is a blocking operation that is usually done on a different thread compared to the one that receives/sends data to normal Socket. It sits there and waits for a new connection to spawn a new Socket which is then used for data.
This means that while receiving messages you should call just readLine() to read from the specific Socket. Having an accept inside the receiveMessage is wrong just because it's a different operation and it's even blocking.
Socket socket = serverSocket.accept();
ClientThread thread = new ClientThread(socket);
class ClientThread extends Thread {
Socket socket;
public void run() {
while (!closed) {
String line = reader.readLine();
...
}
}
You don't need to have a thread for every client though, but you need at least two for sure if you want to make your server accept a number of connections greater than 1.

You are not using ServerSocket correctly. You shouldn't create a new instance for every message but use it as a data member maybe and run an infinite loop to get a new client socket connection. Because you create it locally, the socket is closed since the object is no longer used and referenced (and so GC'ed), when you return from the method.
Something like (< condition met > is pseudo-code defines your condition to accept new connections):
while(< condition met >) {
try {
client = listener.accept();
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(client.getInputStream()));
String str = br.readLine();
//do something with str
} finally {
//close client socket
}
}
Better approach will be to handle client socket in a different thread so the main thread is back to accept while you can do anything with the client socket in parallel.

Try this basic Chatting Server written by me. This server simply keeps running in loop and broadcast the message send by the clients to all the other clients associated with this server.
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.net.ServerSocket;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class Server {
// ///----------------------------------------Instance Variable Fields
ServerSocket ss = null;
Socket incoming = null;
// ///----------------------------------------Instance Variable Fields
// ///---------------------------------------- static Variable Fields
public static ArrayList<Socket> socList = new ArrayList<Socket>();
// ///---------------------------------------- static Variable Fields
public void go() {
try {
ss = new ServerSocket(25005);
while (true) {
incoming = ss.accept();
socList.add(incoming);
System.out.println("Incoming: " + incoming);
new Thread(new ClientHandleKaro(incoming)).start();
}
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
try {
ss.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
class ClientHandleKaro implements Runnable {
InputStream is = null;
OutputStream os = null;
InputStreamReader isr = null;
BufferedReader br = null;
PrintWriter pw = null;
boolean isDone = false;
Socket sInThread = null;
public ClientHandleKaro(Socket sxxx) {
this.sInThread = sxxx;
}
#Override
public void run() {
if (sInThread.isConnected()) {
System.out.println("Welcamu Clienta");
System.out.println(socList);
}
try {
is = sInThread.getInputStream();
System.out.println("IS: " + is);
isr = new InputStreamReader(is);
br = new BufferedReader(isr);
os = sInThread.getOutputStream();
pw = new PrintWriter(os, true);
String s = new String();
while ((!isDone) && (s = br.readLine()) != null) {
String[] asx = s.split("-");
System.out.println("On Console: " + s);
// pw.println(s);
Thread tx = new Thread(new ReplyKaroToClient(s,
this.sInThread));
tx.start();
if (asx[1].trim().equalsIgnoreCase("BYE")) {
System.out.println("I am inside Bye");
isDone = true;
}
}
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Thanks for Chatting.....");
} finally {
try {
Thread tiku = new Thread(new ByeByeKarDo(sInThread));
tiku.start();
try {
tiku.join();
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
System.out.println("Accha to hum Chalte hain !!!");
System.out.println(socList);
br.close();
pw.close();
sInThread.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
}
}
}
}
class ReplyKaroToClient implements Runnable {
public String mString;
public Socket mSocket;
public ReplyKaroToClient(String s, Socket sIn) {
this.mString = s;
this.mSocket = sIn;
}
#Override
public void run() {
for (Socket sRaW : socList) {
if (mSocket.equals(sRaW)) {
System.out.println("Mai same hun");
continue;
} else {
try {
new PrintWriter(sRaW.getOutputStream(), true)
.println(mString);
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Its in Catch");
}
}
}
}
}
class ByeByeKarDo implements Runnable {
Socket inCom;
public ByeByeKarDo(Socket si) {
this.inCom = si;
}
#Override
public void run() {
try {
new PrintWriter(inCom.getOutputStream(), true)
.println("You have Logged Out of Server... Thanks for your Visit");
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Server().go();
}
}

How can I get this code (from Java tutorial on sockets) to run?

I've just started with this section of the tutorial. I only have a basic understanding of what ports are, etc.
I tried to run this code:
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
public class EchoClient {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
Socket echoSocket = null;
PrintWriter out = null;
BufferedReader in = null;
try {
echoSocket = new Socket("taranis", 7);
out = new PrintWriter(echoSocket.getOutputStream(), true);
in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(
echoSocket.getInputStream()));
} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
System.err.println("Don't know about host: taranis.");
System.exit(1);
} catch (IOException e) {
System.err.println("Couldn't get I/O for "
+ "the connection to: taranis.");
System.exit(1);
}
BufferedReader stdIn = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(System.in));
String userInput;
while ((userInput = stdIn.readLine()) != null) {
out.println(userInput);
System.out.println("echo: " + in.readLine());
}
out.close();
in.close();
stdIn.close();
echoSocket.close();
}
}
"Don't know about host: taranis.
Java Result: 1"
Is the error catch I get. From my limited understanding; is the echo-server something which exists on my machine? If that's the case, what do I need to do to get this running? Or am I way off?
Also why have they chosen "taranis" as a parameter?
Ive also replaced "taranis" with "localhost" to see what happened.
It ended up catching an IOException this time.
EDIT: So I've found that the echo server is disabled by default in win7 and have activated it. However I cant even connect to it on telnet. I think I may just be in over my head. I've also tried the sockets you have recommended with no success.

From the same tutorial:
... The Socket constructor used here requires the name of the machine and the port number to which you want to connect. The example program uses the host name taranis. This is the name of a hypothetical machine on our local network. When you type in and run this program on your machine, change the host name to the name of a machine on your network. Make sure that the name you use is the fully qualified IP name of the machine to which you want to connect. The second argument is the port number. Port number 7 is the port on which the Echo server listens.`
In any case, you will probably want to change taranis to "localhost" and make sure an echo service is running on your machine. If it's not, you could use something like the following code to simulate an echo server.
import java.net.Socket;
import java.util.Formatter;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.ServerSocket;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
public class EchoServer {
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
new EchoServer(INSERTPORT).execute();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
System.exit(1);
}
}
private ServerSocket serverSocket;
private int port;
private ArrayList<Client> clientList;
private ExecutorService clientRunner;
public EchoServer(int port) throws IOException {
this.port = port;
serverSocket = new ServerSocket(port);
clientRunner = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
clientList = new ArrayList<>();
}
public void sendMessageToAll(String message) {
for (Client c : clientList) {
c.displayMessage(message);
}
}
public void execute() throws IOException {
while (true) {
clientList.add(new Client(serverSocket.accept(), this));
clientRunner.execute(clientList.get(clientList.size()-1));
}
}
private class Client implements Runnable {
private Socket clientSocket;
private Scanner input;
private Formatter output;
public Client(Socket s) throws IOException {
clientSocket = s;
input = new Scanner(clientSocket.getInputStream());
output = new Formatter(clientSocket.getOutputStream());
}
public void displayMessage(String s) {
output.format(s + "\n");
output.flush();
}
#Override
public void run() {
while(clientSocket.isConnected()) {
if(input.hasNextLine()) {
sendMessageToAll(input.nextLine());
}
}
}
}
}
Edit: Just for completeness, as you mentioned some problems running the code, you run the server (this code) and leave it running in the background, then run the client (the code you posted). I tested it, works fine.

Try this,
Use the loopback address of 127.0.0.1 instead of taranis.
Use port higher than 1024, something like 4444, 8333 etc....
I am also adding my code that i used to learn Client Server Commnu
Client Side Code:
public class ClientWala {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
Boolean b = true;
Socket s = new Socket("127.0.0.1", 4444);
System.out.println("connected: "+s.isConnected());
OutputStream output = s.getOutputStream();
PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(output,true);
// to write data to server
while(b){
if (!b){
System.exit(0);
}
else {
pw.write(new Scanner(System.in).nextLine());
}
}
// to read data from server
InputStream input = s.getInputStream();
InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(input);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
String data = null;
while ((data = br.readLine())!=null){
// Print it using sysout, or do whatever you want with the incoming data from server
}
}
}
Server Side Code:
public class ServerTest {
ServerSocket s;
public void go() {
try {
s = new ServerSocket(44457);
while (true) {
Socket incoming = s.accept();
Thread t = new Thread(new MyCon(incoming));
t.start();
}
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
class MyCon implements Runnable {
Socket incoming;
public MyCon(Socket incoming) {
this.incoming = incoming;
}
#Override
public void run() {
try {
PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(incoming.getOutputStream(),
true);
InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(
incoming.getInputStream());
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
String inp = null;
boolean isDone = true;
System.out.println("TYPE : BYE");
System.out.println();
while (isDone && ((inp = br.readLine()) != null)) {
System.out.println(inp);
if (inp.trim().equals("BYE")) {
System.out
.println("THANKS FOR CONNECTING...Bye for now");
isDone = false;
s.close();
}
}
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
try {
s.close();
} catch (IOException e1) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e1.printStackTrace();
}
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
new ServerTest().go();
}
}