Class NetworkClient

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--NetworkClient

Direct Known Subclasses:

HttpClient

public class NetworkClient

extends Object

A starting point for network clients. You'll need to override handleConnection, but in many cases connect can remain unchanged. It uses SocketUtil to simplify the creation of the PrintWriter and BufferedReader.

Taken from Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages from Prentice Hall and Sun Microsystems Press, http://www.coreservlets.com/. © 2000 Marty Hall; may be freely used or adapted.

Field Summary

protected String	host
protected int	port

Constructor Summary

NetworkClient(String host, int port)
Register host and port.

Method Summary

void	connect() Establishes the connection, then passes the socket to handleConnection.
String	getHost() The hostname of the server we're contacting.
int	getPort() The port connection will be made on.
protected void	handleConnection(Socket client) This is the method you will override when making a network client for your task.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

host

protected String host

port

protected int port

Constructor Detail

NetworkClient

public NetworkClient(String host,
                     int port)

Register host and port. The connection won't actually be established until you call connect.

Method Detail

connect

public void connect()

Establishes the connection, then passes the socket to handleConnection.

handleConnection

protected void handleConnection(Socket client)
                         throws IOException

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.

getHost

public String getHost()

The hostname of the server we're contacting.

getPort

public int getPort()

The port connection will be made on.