I wanted to send/receive continuous stream of data from one endpoint to another(peer2peer) with push and pull 'able asynchronously
So to first solve communication , I started with jax-ws soap binding webservice since it has an endpoint and ws-addressing for push mechanism but it seems to be a lot of overhead (heavy as per the docs and since unfamiliar with ws-*, I haven't implemented it , as I need multiple clients listening to the stream at a later point and the stream is 24/7 I wanted thread manageable sockets).
Then I took jax-rs but it does not include ws-addressing in it.(jax-rs 2.0)
I also looked at websockets but it required an app server but I want a jvm supportable code
So, Now I am trying to use basic sockets but the problem I am having is streaming the data through socket at server and client receiving it continuously.
It is working for the first read but no further.
Secondly, how can I make it asynchronous?
public class sSocket {
public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException{
int i = 15000;
ServerSocket ss;
Socket socket = null;
ss = new ServerSocket(i);
try
{
socket = ss.accept();
socket.setKeepAlive(true);
int iii = 0;
System.out.println("New connection accepted " + socket.getInetAddress() + ":" + socket.getPort());
BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
BufferedWriter output = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(socket.getOutputStream()));
while(iii<9)
{
Thread.sleep(2000);
output.write("good" + iii + "\n");
//System.out.print(input.readLine().toString());
output.flush();
iii++;
}
//socket.close();
}
catch(IOException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
public class cSocket {
public static void main(String args[]) throws InterruptedException, IOException{
Socket client = new Socket("127.0.0.1", 15000);
try{
client.setKeepAlive(true);
DataOutputStream out = new DataOutputStream(client.getOutputStream());
out.writeBytes("Hi Server! I'm " + client.getLocalSocketAddress() + "\n" );
BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(client.getInputStream()));
String s;
while(true){
if((s = input.readLine()) != null)
{
System.out.println("Message from Server: " + s);
}}
//client.close();
}
catch(Exception e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
[toString() unavailable - no suspended threads] I see this halting the code in eclipse.
The problem seems to be essentially rooted in the input.readLine() in client: error is connection reset : which I assume is because readLine() has reached "EOF"
Don't keep creating new streams. Use the same ones for the life of the socket, at both ends. You're losing data in the buffers.
You don't need to keep calling setKeepalive(). Once is enough.
Related
I would like to run a combination of Dart and Java code, that can communicate with each other.
Therefore I chose to go with sockets, with the server socket written in Java and the client socket written in Dart.
This is the code I wrote:
Server
ServerSocket server = new ServerSocket(12345);
server.setSoTimeout(0);
System.out.println("waiting for connection...");
while (true) {
try {
Socket client = socket.accept();
DataInputStream input = new DataInputStream(client.getInputStream());
DataOutputStream output = new DataOutputStream(client.getOutputStream());
System.out.println("connected to " + client.getLocalSocketAddress() + ".");
while (true) {
output.write(input.readLine());
}
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("disconnected.\n\nwaiting for connection...");
}
}
Client
Socket client = await Socket.connect('localhost', 12345);
client.write('hello there\n');
client.close();
Unfortunately the server does not receive the ping message sent by the client.
By now I suppose, that the problem lies in the Dart code, because when executing a client written in Java worked just fine.
Do you know, how to solve this? If so, please let me know ho. Thank you in advance!
Please note:
As there will never be more than one client at a time, I chose to go with this approach. I am aware, that normally this is no good style.
In the documentation for close() on the Socket class:
NOTE: Writes to the IOSink may be buffered, and may not be flushed by a call to close(). To flush all buffered writes, call flush() before calling close().
https://api.dart.dev/stable/2.7.1/dart-io/Socket/close.html
I do not know why, but it seems that the problem lies in the DataInputStream/DataOutputStream.
Here is what worked:
Server
ServerSocket server = new ServerSocket(12345);
server.setSoTimeout(0);
System.out.println("waiting for connection...");
while (true) {
try {
Socket client = socket.accept();
BufferedWriter output = BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(client.getOutputStream()));
BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(client.getInputStream()));
System.out.println("connected to " + client.getLocalSocketAddress() + ".");
while (true) {
output.writeUTF(input.readUTF());
}
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("disconnected.\n\nwaiting for connection...");
}
}
Client
Socket client = await Socket.connect('localhost', 12345);
client.write('hello there\n');
client.close();
This is working for me.
Socket client = socket.accept();
byte[] b = new byte[100];
client.getInputStream().read(b);
System.out.println(new String(b));
I'm new to Java programming and I'm just trying to get a very basic networking program to work.
I have 2 classes, a client and a server. The idea is the client simply sends a message to the server, then the server converts the message to capitals and sends it back to the client.
I'm having no issues getting the server to send a message to the client, the problem is I can't seem to store the message the client is sending in a variable server side in order to convert it and so can't send that specific message back.
Here's my code so far:
SERVER SIDE
public class Server {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
ServerSocket server = new ServerSocket (9091);
while (true) {
System.out.println("Waiting");
//establish connection
Socket client = server.accept();
System.out.println("Connected " + client.getInetAddress());
//create IO streams
DataInputStream inFromClient = new DataInputStream(client.getInputStream());
DataOutputStream outToClient = new DataOutputStream(client.getOutputStream());
System.out.println(inFromClient.readUTF());
String word = inFromClient.readUTF();
outToClient.writeUTF(word.toUpperCase());
client.close();
}
}
}
CLIENT SIDE
public class Client {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
Socket server = new Socket("localhost", 9091);
System.out.println("Connected to " + server.getInetAddress());
//create io streams
DataInputStream inFromServer = new DataInputStream(server.getInputStream());
DataOutputStream outToServer = new DataOutputStream(server.getOutputStream());
//send to server
outToServer.writeUTF("Message");
//read from server
String data = inFromServer.readUTF();
System.out.println("Server said \n\n" + data);
server.close();
}
}
I think the problem might be with the 'String word = inFromClient.readUTF();' line? Please can someone advise? Thanks.
You're discarding the first packet received from the client:
System.out.println(inFromClient.readUTF()); // This String is discarded
String word = inFromClient.readUTF();
Why not swap these?
String word = inFromClient.readUTF(); // save the first packet received
System.out.println(word); // and also print it
I'm having the following problem in java: I am developing and app using java.net.Socket. It looks like that: There is a server with a thread which accepts and adds new client, and another thread which reads data from sockets and does "something" with it. Next to it there are clients. Client has data reader thread as well as a separate thread. I send the data as simple as:
socket.getOutputStream().write((content+"\n").getBytes());
on the client side and read it on the server like:
try {
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
String received;
while(true) {
try {
reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
received = reader.readLine();
if(received == null) {
break;
}
System.out.println("SERVER " + received);
increaseReceivedCounter(1);
} catch(SocketException e) {
break;
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
System.out.println("SERVER RECEIVED "+ getReceivedCounter() + " MESSAGES!");
}
Now I just set the client to send some amount of messages like this:
try {
int n = 1000;
System.out.println("sending "+ n +" messages to " + client);
for(int i=0 ; i<n ; ++i) {
socket.getOutputStream().write((content+"\n").getBytes());
}
System.out.println("done sending " + n + " messages");
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
The problem is that not all of the messages are transferred to a server. I have been looking for some solution for this but didn't manage to achieve 100% reliability. Is it even possible? I also tried with read instead of readLine but the result is the same: sometimes even 90% data loss. I think while server is working on the received data it ignores incoming packets and they're just lost.
Edit
Sockets initializations:
serverSocket = new ServerSocket(Server.PORT);//PORT = 9876, whatever
for the data reader on server side:
socket = serverSocket.accept();
on the client:
socket = new Socket("127.0.0.1", Server.PORT)
This is not an 'efficiency issue'. It is a bug in your code.
The problem is that not all of the messages are transferred to a server.
No, the problem is that you are losing data at the server. This is because you keep recreating BufferedReaders. You should create it once for the life of the socket.
reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
Remove this line.
The way you have it, you will lose data every time the prior BufferedReader has, err, buffered.
You also need to close the socket.
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I am currently learning about Sockets and my homework is to create a chat room where multiple clients can talk freely. The hint given by the teacher was that the chat room server only accepts the client when the client attempts to send a message. This homework is supposed to be done without using threads.
Following the hint given, I tried to create unbound ServerSocket and Socket in both the client and the server code. The key idea is that when the client attemps to send a message to the server, the client code would connect the unbound Socket, which will then trigger the server to connect the unbound ServerSocket and to accept the client.
However, when I run the code, both the server and client code are running, and they claim that all the connections are made, but I could not transmit messages between the client and the server at all.
I have tried finding answers online, but I could not find any. I would like to ask if my way of deciding when the server accepts the client is correct.
my ChatRoom Server:
public class ChatRoom {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
int portNum = 4321;
ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket();
int count = 1;
while (true) {
// redeclare everything each round
Socket socket = null;
PrintWriter out = null;
BufferedReader in = null;
BufferedReader stdIn = null;
String inputLine = null;
// accept each time round
serverSocket.bind(new InetSocketAddress(portNum));
socket = serverSocket.accept();
System.out.println("newly accepted!");
out = new PrintWriter(socket.getOutputStream(), true);
in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
stdIn = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
if (!((inputLine = in.readLine()).equals("Bye"))) {
System.out.println("Client says: " + inputLine);
out.println(stdIn.readLine());
out.flush();
System.out.println("Message Count: " + count);
count++;
}
else {
out.println(inputLine);
serverSocket.close();
socket.close();
out.close();
in.close();
}
}
}
}
my ChatRoomClient:
public class ChatRoomClient {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
String hostName = "localhost";
int portNumber = 4321;
Socket echoSocket = new Socket(); // creates an unbound socket
PrintWriter out = null;
BufferedReader in = null;
BufferedReader stdIn = null;
String userInput;
do {
out = null;
in = null;
stdIn = null;
// each time round the unbound socket attempts to connect to send a message
echoSocket.connect(new InetSocketAddress(hostName, portNumber));
System.out.println("successfully connected");
out = new PrintWriter(echoSocket.getOutputStream(), true);
in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(echoSocket.getInputStream()));
stdIn = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
userInput = stdIn.readLine();
out.flush();
System.out.println("Server says: " + in.readLine());
}
while (!userInput.equals("Bye"));
// close everything
echoSocket.close();
in.close();
stdIn.close();
}
}
Thanks!
The hint given by the teacher was that the chat room server only accepts the client when the client attempts to send a message. This homework is supposed to be done without using threads.
The hint given by the teacher doesn't make sense. The client has to connect, then the server accepts. The client can't send a message without connecting first. Maybe the teacher really means that the client shouldn't connect until he has something to send?
Following the hint given, I tried to create unbound ServerSocket and Socket in both the client and the server code. The key idea is that when the client attemps to send a message to the server, the client code would connect the unbound Socket, which will then trigger the server to connect the unbound ServerSocket and to accept the client.
But that won't happen. It's impossible. If you try to connect to a port that isn't listening, you will get a ConnectException. The only way to put the port into listening state is to bind the ServerSocket. There is no magical back-door by which the server can possibly know that the client wants to connect so it should now do the bind.
This homework is supposed to be done without using threads.
Impossible to 'create a chat room where multiple clients can talk freely' that way, unless you are expected to use non-blocking I/O, or abuse the available() facility, or use a connection per message, but then I don't see how you can communicate one client's messages to the other clients, unless you're allowed to batch them up.
There are too many imponderable aspects of this assignment as you have described it. The question as posed doesn't actully make sense, and your proposed solution certainly doesn't. You should just go ahead and write your program the normal way, with a connect, an accept, and some I/O. Get it working while your teacher comes up with a clarification.
Ah... With out using thread for the server you will not be able to serve multiple clients. Anyway, your current codes have issues and your logic are not correct.
Your stdIn should be declare and instantiated outside of the loop, you don't need to keep on creating the stdIn object for each loop.
Your "in" socket accept() and echoSocket.connect() should also be outside of the loop, this is why you are not getting any answer from the server because you are not listening on the same line. It's like your phone, keep on FLASH to dial the new number each time. all point to the same server, but it is different connection.
So, the idea is to establish a connection between server and client (single connection) that can communicate both way (via input and output stream). Then you can loop and talk start with the client, then server receive, then server talk, then client receive then client talk.... until client say Bye...
for more: http://ta.cnci.org/basicirc
thought I would like to update, I managed to solve my problem without using threads. Just sockets haha. Thought it would be good to post my answer for reference..
my ChatRoom Server:
public class ChatRoomServer {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(4321);
while(true) {
Socket clientSocket = serverSocket.accept();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader
(new InputStreamReader(clientSocket.getInputStream()));
String inputLine = in.readLine();
System.out.println("Client says: " + inputLine);
in.close();
clientSocket.close();
}
}
}
my ChatRoom Client:
public class ChatRoomClient {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
String hostName = "localhost";
int portNum = 4321;
BufferedReader stdIn = new BufferedReader
(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
while (true) {
String userInput;
userInput = stdIn.readLine();
Socket echoSocket = new Socket(hostName, portNum);
PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter
(echoSocket.getOutputStream(), true);
out.println(userInput);
out.flush();
out.close();
echoSocket.close();
if (userInput.equals("Bye")) {
stdIn.close();
break;
}
}
}
}
I'm building a Java client application which needs to send a message to a server and receive a response afterwards. I can send the message successfully, the problem is that I can't get the response because I get an IO exception ("Socked is closed") when trying to read the 'BufferedReader'.
This is my code, so far:
public class MyClass {
/**
* #param args the command line arguments
*/
#SuppressWarnings("empty-statement")
public static void main(String[] args) {
JSONObject j = new JSONObject();
try {
j.put("comando", 1);
j.put("versao", 1);
j.put("senha", "c4ca4238a0b923820dcc509a6f75849b");
j.put("usuario", "1");
j.put("deviceId", "1");
} catch (JSONException ex) {
System.out.println("JSON Exception reached");
}
String LoginString = "{comando':1,'versao':1,'senha':'c4ca4238a0b923820dcc509a6f75849b','usuario':'1','deviceId':'1'}";
try {
BufferedReader inFromUser = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
Socket clientSocket = new Socket("10.1.1.12", 3333);
System.out.println("Connected to the server successfully");
PrintWriter outToServer = new PrintWriter(clientSocket.getOutputStream(),true);
outToServer.println(j.toString());
outToServer.close();
System.out.println("TO SERVER: " + j.toString());
BufferedReader inFromServer = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(clientSocket.getInputStream()));
String resposta = inFromServer.readLine();
System.out.println("FROM SERVER: " + resposta);
clientSocket.close();
} catch (UnknownHostException ex) {
System.out.println("Could not connect to the server [Unknown exception]");
} catch (IOException ex) {
System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
}
}
}
I know that the socket is being closed because of the OutToServer.close() but closing the stream is the only way to send the message. How should I approach this situation?
flush() is not the case when it comes with new PrintWriter(, true).
The real problem is that you are closing the PrintWriter outToServer which wraps the underlying InputStream, again, came from the Socket.
When you close the outToServer you're closing the whole socket.
You have to use Socket#shutdownOutput().
You don't even have to close the output if you want to keep the socket's in/out channels for further communications.
flush() when you are done with any writeXXX. Those writeXXX practically don't mean you sent those bytes and characters to other side of the socket.
You may have to close the output, and output only, to signal the server that you sent all you had to send. This is really a matter of the server-side socket's desire.
final Socket socket = new Socket(...);
try {
final PrintStream out = new PrintStream(socket.getOutputStream());
// write here
out.flush(); // this is important.
socket.shutdownOutput(); // half closing
// socket is still alive
// read input here
} finally {
socket.close();
}
Try to call outToServer.flush()
That will try to flush the data from the buffer, although it still not guarantees that it will be sent.