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Some issues with sockets in Java

I'm beginning with sockets for my very first time.
I'm trying to set up a server that its only function is to give back to the client a string i send.
The client doesn't send the string, and the server doesn't receive it. Here it goes the code:
Server code:
package servidor;
//All imports needed
public class Servidor {
public static void main (String[] args){
try{
ServerSocket socketServidor = new ServerSocket(2000);
Socket socketDatos = socketServidor.accept();
PrintWriter escribirCliente = new PrintWriter(socketDatos.getOutputStream(),true);
BufferedReader leerCliente = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socketDatos.getInputStream()));
String linea;
while((linea = leerCliente.readLine())!= null){
System.out.println("hola");
System.out.println("Server: "+ linea);
escribirCliente.println(linea);
if(linea.equals("x")){
break;
}
}
socketDatos.close();
escribirCliente.close();
leerCliente.close();
socketServidor.close();
} catch (IOException e){
System.out.println("Fallo en la conexion.");
}
}
}
Client code:
package cliente;
//All imports needed
public class Cliente {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException{
Socket socket = new Socket("localhost", 2000);
BufferedReader leerServidor = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
PrintWriter escribirServidor = new PrintWriter(socket.getOutputStream());
BufferedReader teclado = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
String linea = teclado.readLine();
//System.out.println(""+linea);
while (!(linea.equals("x"))){
System.out.println("en while");
escribirServidor.println(linea);
System.out.println("eco: "+ leerServidor.readLine());
linea = teclado.readLine();
}
escribirServidor.close();
leerServidor.close();
teclado.close();
socket.close();
}
}
The thing is:
In the client, the execution never reaches the "eco" but it does reach the "en while". But in the server, that while is never reached. Not even printing the "hola". I supposed that the issue should be when reading the line, but i've been not able to fix it.
Any ideas?
Thank you in advance!

Java Socket: Why client don't reply server

I want to write a client-sever program in which server and client send messages to each other. First, my server send a message to client, then the client reply. Next, my server send another message, the client reply. The problem is, on my first message induced by the server, the client does not respond.
My server:
public class Server {
public void go() {
try {
ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(9999);
System.out.println("Server listening ...");
Socket socket = serverSocket.accept();
try (
PrintWriter printWriter = new PrintWriter(socket.getOutputStream());
BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
) {
String input;
printWriter.println(new Scanner(System.in).nextLine());
while ((input = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
System.out.println(input);
printWriter.println(new Scanner(System.in).nextLine());
if(input == "Bye") break;
}
}
} catch (IOException ioException) {
ioException.printStackTrace();
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Server server = new Server();
server.go();
}
}
My client:
public class Client {
public void go() {
try {
try (
Socket socket = new Socket("localhost", 9999);
PrintWriter printWriter = new PrintWriter(socket.getOutputStream());
BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
) {
String input;
while ((input = bufferedReader.readLine()) != null) {
System.out.println("1");
System.out.println(input);
printWriter.println(new Scanner(System.in).nextLine());
}
}
} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
Client client = new Client();
client.go();
}
}
Are there some problems with my code?

Your client connects and then blocks reading a line from the server.
Your server accepts the connection and then blocks reading a line from the client.
I don't know what you were expecting to happen next, but it won't. Somebody needs to send something.

Your code seems to be fine. You just need to push the infrastructure by calling flush() after writing:
printWriter.flush();

Java server-client readLine() method

I have a client class and a server class.
If client sends message to server, server will send response back to the client, then client will print all the messages it received.
For example,
If Client sends "A" to Server, then Server will send response to client
"1111". So I use readLine() in client class to read the message from server, then client print "1111" in the console.
If Client sends "B" to Server, then Server will send response to client
"2222\n 3333". So the expected printing output from client is:
"2222"
"3333"
So the response message from server to client may have 1 line or 2 lines depending on the message it send from client to server.
My question is that how I can use readLine() to read the message that send from server to client. More specifically, if I use the following codes,
String messageFromServer;
while(( messageFromServer = inputStreamFromServer.readLine()) != null) {
println(messageFromServer);
}
It will only print the first line, and will not print anything else even if I keep sending message from client to server, because readLine() will stops once it has read the first line.
update:
More specifically, I am looking for some methods in the client class to read message that contains 1 or multiple lines from server at a time. I am wondering if there are any ways to do it in client side if I don't want to change the format of the message that sent from server to client.
update 2
To make my question more clear, I will put some sample codes in the following:
This is server:
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
public class Server {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
ServerSocket serverSocket = null;
try {
serverSocket = new ServerSocket(1234);
} catch (IOException e) {
System.err.println("Could not listen on port: 1234.");
System.exit(1);
}
Socket clientSocket = null;
try {
clientSocket = serverSocket.accept();
} catch (IOException e) {
System.err.println("Accept failed.");
}
System.out.println("Connected");
PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(clientSocket.getOutputStream(), true);
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(clientSocket.getInputStream()));
String textFromClient =null;
String textToClient =null;
textFromClient = in.readLine(); // read the text from client
if( textFromClient.equals("A")){
textToClient = "1111";
}else if ( textFromClient.equals("B")){
textToClient = "2222\r\n3333";
}
out.print(textToClient + "\r\n"); // send the response to client
out.flush();
out.close();
in.close();
clientSocket.close();
serverSocket.close();
}
}
The client:
public class Client {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
Socket socket = null;
PrintWriter out = null;
BufferedReader in = null;
BufferedReader read = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
try {
socket = new Socket("localhost", 1234);
out = new PrintWriter(socket.getOutputStream(), true);
in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
System.err.println("Don't know about host");
} catch (IOException e) {
System.err.println("Couldn't get I/O for the connection");
}
System.out.println("Connected");
String textToServer;
while((textToServer = read.readLine())!=null){
out.print(textToServer + "\r\n" ); // send to server
out.flush();
String messageFromServer =null;
while(( messageFromServer = textToServer=in.readLine()) != null){
System.out.println(messageFromServer);
}
}
out.close();
in.close();
read.close();
socket.close();
}
private static void debug(String msg)
{
System.out.println("Client: " + msg);
}
}

You shouldn't need to change the format of the data sent by the server, and readLine() should work, but I suspect that the server is not flushing or closing the OutputStream after writing the response which could possibly explain things.
Is the call to readLine() hanging? Are you in control of the server code? If so, can you include it?
Revised classes that work as I believe you expect:
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.net.ServerSocket;
import java.net.Socket;
public class ClientServerTest2
{
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
{
Thread serverThread = new Thread(new Server());
serverThread.start();
Thread clientThread = new Thread(new Client());
clientThread.start();
serverThread.join();
clientThread.join();
}
private static class Server implements Runnable
{
#Override
public void run()
{
ServerSocket serverSocket = null;
try
{
serverSocket = new ServerSocket(1234);
Socket clientSocket = null;
clientSocket = serverSocket.accept();
debug("Connected");
PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(clientSocket.getOutputStream(), true);
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(clientSocket.getInputStream()));
String textFromClient = null;
String textToClient = null;
textFromClient = in.readLine(); // read the text from client
debug("Read '" + textFromClient + "'");
if ("A".equals(textFromClient))
{
textToClient = "1111";
}
else if ("B".equals(textFromClient))
{
textToClient = "2222\r\n3333";
}
debug("Writing '" + textToClient + "'");
out.print(textToClient + "\r\n"); // send the response to client
out.flush();
out.close();
in.close();
clientSocket.close();
serverSocket.close();
}
catch (Exception e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
private static void debug(String msg)
{
System.out.println("Server: " + msg);
}
}
private static class Client implements Runnable
{
#Override
public void run()
{
Socket socket = null;
PrintWriter out = null;
BufferedReader in = null;
BufferedReader read = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
try
{
socket = new Socket("localhost", 1234);
out = new PrintWriter(socket.getOutputStream(), true);
in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
debug("Connected");
String textToServer;
textToServer = read.readLine();
debug("Sending '" + textToServer + "'");
out.print(textToServer + "\r\n"); // send to server
out.flush();
String serverResponse = null;
while ((serverResponse = in.readLine()) != null)
debug(serverResponse); // read from server and print it.
out.close();
in.close();
read.close();
socket.close();
}
catch (IOException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
private static void debug(String msg)
{
System.out.println("Client: " + msg);
}
}

Change while(( messageFromServer = inputStreamFromServer.readLine() != null) to while(( messageFromServer = inputStreamFromServer.readLine()) != null)
Actually this shouldn't even compile....

It's a work around.
If you want to send multiple strings like in your case : "2222\n 3333".
You can send them by adding a seperator character (like :) between two strings : "2222: 3333".
Then you can call write from server side as
clientOut.write("2222: 3333\n");
On client side parse recieved String :
messageFromServer = inputStreamFromServer.readLine();
String strArray[] = messageFromServer.split(":");
strArray[0] : 2222
strArray[0] : 3333

A simple java client server program

So I did this client server program in java for my college mini project. Note that this is just a small module of a big project I'm working on. I need a string to be sent from the client to the server. The server will return back the string as it is back to the client. (The code will be modified later such that the string is processed before sending back). The client will send a string whenever needed to the server. Thus it means it is compulsory for the server to be running for indefinite time.
The problem I face here is that my server works perfectly only for the first time when the client sends a string. If I run the client the second time with a different string, I get back the same string I sent to the server previously!
Here is my server program:
public class Server {
public static boolean x = true;
public static String reply;
public static void main(String a[]) throws Exception {
System.out.println("Entered server console..");
Socket echoSocket = null;
ServerSocket serverSocket = null;
PrintWriter out = null;
BufferedReader in = null;
System.out.println("Initializing Connection..");
boolean runFlag = true;
try {
serverSocket = new ServerSocket(77);
while (runFlag) {
echoSocket = serverSocket.accept();
out = new PrintWriter(echoSocket.getOutputStream(), true);
BufferedReader stdIn = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
while (x) {
in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(echoSocket.getInputStream()));
reply = in.readLine();
if (reply != null) {
x = false;
}
}
System.out.println("received: " + reply);
out.println(reply);
System.out.println("sent back: " + reply);
stdIn.close();
}
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Exception in starting server: " + e.getMessage());
} finally {
out.close();
in.close();
echoSocket.close();
}
}
}
Here is my Client program:
public class Client {
public static String reply,temp;
public static boolean x=true;
public Client()
{
temp="lala";
}
public Client(String t)
{
temp=t;
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
Socket echoSocket = null;
PrintWriter out = null;
BufferedReader in = null;
try {
echoSocket = new Socket("localhost", 77);
out = new PrintWriter(echoSocket.getOutputStream(), true);
in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(echoSocket.getInputStream()));
} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
System.err.println("Don't know about host: localhost.");
System.exit(1);
} catch (IOException e) {
System.err.println("Couldn't get I/O for the connection to: localhost.");
System.exit(1);
}
BufferedReader stdIn = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
temp="lala"; //this is the string to be sent
out.println(temp);
while (x) {
reply= in.readLine();
if(reply!=null)
{
x=false;
}
}
System.out.println("reply: "+reply);
out.close();
in.close();
stdIn.close();
echoSocket.close();
}
}
Can anyone help me find what the problem here is?

while (x) {
in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(echoSocket.getInputStream()));
reply = in.readLine();
if (reply != null) {
x = false;
}
}
Your server enters this loop the first time a client connects, and it sets the reply String to some input from the client. However, it never enters this loop again, as x's value never changes back to true.

When you accept a request, the x will be set false and never become true.
Please initial the x when you enter the loop.
What's more,if you use a socket between client and server, please move the
echoSocket = serverSocket.accept();
out of the first loop.And you can use echoSocket to communicate.Then you will
keep the long connection.

Java Server And Client Socket Need Fix

Hello, I am new to java socket programming and I was just looking to see if somebody could give me some help.
I will post the code for the client and server then i will explain my problem...
reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream));
while(running)
{
String line = reader.readLine();
if(line != null)
{
System.out.println(line);
stream = new PrintStream(socket.getOutputStream());
stream.println("return: " + line);
}
}
}catch(IOException e)
{
System.out.println("Socket in use or not available: " + port);
}
}
public static void main()
{
run();
}
//Client
public static String ip;
public static int port;
public static Socket socket;
public static PrintStream stream;
public static BufferedReader reader;
public static void main(String args[])
{
try
{
socket = new socket(ip, port);
stream = new PrintStream(socket.getOutputStream());
stream.println("test0");
reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream));
String line = reader.readLine();
if(line != null)
{
System.out.println(line);
}
stream.println("test1");
line = reader.readLine();
if(line != null)
{
System.out.println(line);
}
}catch(IOException e)
{
System.out.println("could not connect to server!");
}
}
So my problem is even if I get rid of the loop and try to make it send the string twice it won't send it. It will only do it once unless I close and make a new socket on the client side. So if anybody could give me an explanation to what I am doing wrong that would be great, and thank you so much.

Why are you openning your outstream inside your loop?
stream = new PrintStream(socket.getOutputStream());
Take this statement outside the loop and write to your stream inside your loop.

Please keep it simple,
Try using InputStream, InputStreamReader, BufferedReader, OutputStream, PrintWriter.
Client Side:
Socket s = new Socket();
s.connect(new InetSocketAddress("Server_IP",Port_no),TimeOut);
// Let Timeout be 5000
Server Side:
ServerSocket ss = new ServerSocket(Port_no);
Socket incoming = ss.accept();
For Reading from the Socket:
InputStream is = s.getInputStream();
InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(is);
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(isr);
boolean isDone = false;
String s = new String();
while(!isDone && ((s=br.readLine())!=null)){
System.out.println(s); // Printing on Console
}
For Writing to the Socket:
OutputStream os = s.getOuptStream();
PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(os)
pw.println("Hello");

Make sure you flush the output from your server:
stream.flush();

Thanks a lot to everybody who answered but i figures out what it was all along.
i read through some of the Oracle socket stuff and figured out that the server was supposed to be the first to send a message than the client receive and send and receive... so on and so forth so i will post my new code here in hopes somebody else trying to figure out the same thing can find it with ease
//Client
public static String ip;
public static int port;
public static Socket socket;
public static PrintWriter print;
public static BufferedReader reader;
public Client(String ip, int port)
{
this.ip = ip;
this.port = port;
//initiate all of objects
try
{
socket = new Socket();
socket.connect(new InetSocketAddress(ip, port), 5000);
print = new PrintWriter(socket.getOutputStream());
reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
//start connection with server
String line = reader.readLine();
System.out.println(line);
} catch (IOException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
//quick method to send message
public void sendMessage(String text)
{
print.println(text);
print.flush();
try
{
String line = reader.readLine();
System.out.println(line);
} catch (IOException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
public static void main(String args[])
{
client.sendMessage("test");
client.sendMessage("test2");
client.sendMessage("test3")
}
//Server
public static int port = 9884;
public static boolean running = true;
public static ServerSocket serverSocket;
public static Socket socket;
public static PrintWriter writer;
public static BufferedReader reader;
public static void run()
{
try
{
serverSocket = new ServerSocket(port);
socket = serverSocket.accept();
writer = new PrintWriter(socket.getOutputStream(), true);
writer.println("connection");
while(running)
{
reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
String line = reader.readLine();
if(line != null)
{
System.out.println(line);
writer.println(line);
writer.flush();
}
}
} catch (IOException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public static void main(String args[])
{
run();
}