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Having trouble reaching my PC (or a PI) from outside LAN

so today I've tried to install Citadel Email server on a raspberry pi which went ok but unfortunantly I cannot reach it from outside LAN.
I've tried to pinpoint the problem and use scanner tools that look for open ports like these :https://www.whatsmyip.org/port-scanner/
I've verified that my public IP adress is the same as my domain returns. Which indeed it is.
I've checked port forwarding severel times.
Last but not least I've wrote this java code to have a really simple example:
package main;
import java.io.IOException;
public class Main {
public static void main(String... args){
try {
Server server = new Server(8080);
Client client = new Client(8080);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
package main;
import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.DataOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.ServerSocket;
import java.net.Socket;
public class Server {
private boolean stop = false;
public Server(int port) throws IOException {
ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(port);
Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
while(stop == false) {
try {
Socket socket = serverSocket.accept();
DataOutputStream outputStream = new DataOutputStream(socket.getOutputStream());
outputStream.writeUTF("Hello World!");
DataInputStream inputStream = new DataInputStream(socket.getInputStream());
String input = inputStream.readUTF();
System.out.println("Client wrote: " + input);
socket.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
try {
serverSocket.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
};
Thread thread = new Thread(runnable, "server executor");
thread.start();
}
public void stop(){
this.stop = true;
}
}
package main;
import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.DataOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.Socket;
public class Client {
public static final String LOCALHOST = "localhost";
public static final String KIRAZUKE = "---";
public static final String PUBLIC_IP_4 = "---";
public Client(int port) {
try{
doTest(LOCALHOST, port);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
try{
Thread.sleep(2500);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
try{
doTest(KIRAZUKE, port);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
try{
Thread.sleep(2500);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
try{
doTest(PUBLIC_IP_4, port);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
private void doTest(String host, int port) throws IOException {
System.out.println("Opening to: " + host);
Socket socket = new Socket(host, port);
DataOutputStream outputStream = new DataOutputStream(socket.getOutputStream());
outputStream.writeUTF("Hello dear Server ... calling from " + host + " ... over.");
DataInputStream inputStream = new DataInputStream(socket.getInputStream());
String string = inputStream.readUTF();
System.out.println("Response from server after " + host + " call: " + string);
}
}
So I've replaced the domain name and my public ip with dashes for privacy reasons. But what happens is that when using the localhost connection everything works fine the server prints the text sent by the client and vise versa. While using either the public IP or Domain name it fails due to time out.
What could be reasons that any incoming traffic is blocked altough port forwarding is enabled for the 8080 port (and other ports that I tried) ?
Note: I've also called my ISP, according to them they "don't block anything". Additionally I tried port forwarding port 3389 and tried remote desktop to my pi but that also failed.
Thanks in advance :)

How to send a message through all Threads?

At the moment i have a Server and a Client, and when the Client is connected to the Server, a Thread is created to handle all the resposnses from the respective Client and also to send any needed answers. My problem now is that i need to be able to send a message through every existent Thread to their respective Client.
I was thinking of doing it like this:
public class ServerThread extends Thread {
//ignore most of the constructor, just things i need
public ServerThread(Socket socket, int threadId, Manager manager) throws Exception {
try {
this.socket = socket;
this.threadId=threadId;
this.manager=manager;
in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
out = new BufferedWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(socket.getOutputStream()));
manager.addThread(); //This should add this Thread to the Collection in the Manager class
} catch (IOException ex) {
throw new Exception("Error", ex);
}
}
public void notify(String message){
// Do something
}
//In the end of the thread i would call manager.removeThread to remove the Thread from the Collection
}
public class Manager {
private //Thread Collection here
public Manager(){
//Initialize the collection;
}
public void addThread(){
//Add thread
}
public void removeThread(){
//Remove Thread
}
}
If this is a viable option to handle this, what Collection would i need to store the Threads and also, what would the notify(String message) method look like? It would need to call a method in Manager that would send a message to every Thread right?

If you want to create a multi-client server what is usually recommended is that in the main thread (or a separate thread) of the server class, the server will be accepting incoming Sockets (client) and with every socket accepted a new thread is created to service that client and it is better to have the service as a separate class that implements runnable or extends thread. Each service thread will be waiting for input from the client it is associated with and replying according to the client's request.
If you are looking to broadcast data to all the connected clients then what you need is to have an ArrayList that stores the client service objects and then loop over it, with every loop you send data to one of the connected clients but you have to make sure that you remove the clients that disconnected from the ArrayList otherwise it will start throwing exceptions.
usually, client service classes have the accepted socket, an input stream, and an output stream.
here is an example of a multiclient echo server that I have made maybe it will help.
public class TcpServer {
public TcpServer(){
ServerSocket server = null;
try{
server = new ServerSocket(9991);
while(!server.isClosed()){
Socket acceptedSocket = server.accept();
EchoService service = new EchoService(acceptedSocket);
service.start();
}
}catch (IOException e){
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
if(server!=null) {
try {
server.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
public static void main(String[] args){
new TcpServer();
}}
This is the service class:
public class EchoService extends Thread {
private Socket acceptedSocket;
private DataInputStream is;
private DataOutputStream os;
public EchoService(Socket acceptedSocket) {
try {
this.acceptedSocket = acceptedSocket;
is = new DataInputStream(acceptedSocket.getInputStream());
os = new DataOutputStream(acceptedSocket.getOutputStream());
} catch (IOException e) {
try {
if (this.acceptedSocket != null)
acceptedSocket.close();
if(is != null)
is.close();
if(os != null)
os.close();
} catch (IOException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
#Override
public void run() {
super.run();
try {
while (!acceptedSocket.isClosed()) {
String usrMsg = is.readUTF();
String serverMsg = "server: "+usrMsg;
os.writeUTF(serverMsg);
os.flush();
}
} catch (IOException e) {
try {
if(this.acceptedSocket != null)
acceptedSocket.close();
if(is != null)
is.close();
if(os != null)
os.close();
} catch (IOException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
}
}}
This is the same example but with the Broadcast feature included
Server class:
package TCP;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.ServerSocket;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class TcpServer {
public static ArrayList<EchoService> connectedServices;
public TcpServer(){
ServerSocket server = null;
try{
server = new ServerSocket(9991);
System.out.println("server started");
connectedServices = new ArrayList<>();
while(!server.isClosed()){
Socket acceptedSocket = server.accept();
System.out.println("client connected: "
+acceptedSocket.getInetAddress());
EchoService service = new EchoService(acceptedSocket);
service.start();
}
}catch (IOException e){
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
if(server!=null) {
try {
server.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
public static void main(String[] args){
new TcpServer();
}
public static void removeConnectedService(EchoService client) {
boolean removed = connectedServices.remove(client);
System.out.println("client has been removed"+
client.getAcceptedSocket().getInetAddress()+", "+removed);
}
public static void broadCastMsg(long id, String usrMsg) throws IOException {
for(EchoService client: connectedServices){
if(client.getId()!=id)
{
String serverMsg = "server broadcast: " + usrMsg;
client.getOs().writeUTF(serverMsg);
client.getOs().flush();
}
}
}
}
service class:
package TCP;
import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.DataOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.Socket;
public class EchoService extends Thread {
private Socket acceptedSocket;
private DataInputStream is;
private DataOutputStream os;
public EchoService(Socket acceptedSocket) {
try {
this.acceptedSocket = acceptedSocket;
is = new DataInputStream(acceptedSocket.getInputStream());
os = new DataOutputStream(acceptedSocket.getOutputStream());
} catch (IOException e) {
try {
if (this.acceptedSocket != null)
acceptedSocket.close();
if(is != null)
is.close();
if(os != null)
os.close();
} catch (IOException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
#Override
public void run() {
super.run();
try {
TcpServer.connectedServices.add(this);
while (!acceptedSocket.isClosed()) {
String usrMsg = is.readUTF();
if(usrMsg.contains("BROADCAST"))
TcpServer.broadCastMsg(this.getId(),usrMsg);
else {
String serverMsg = "server: " + usrMsg;
os.writeUTF(serverMsg);
os.flush();
}
}
} catch (IOException e) {
TcpServer.removeConnectedService(this);
try {
if(this.acceptedSocket != null)
acceptedSocket.close();
if(is != null)
is.close();
if(os != null)
os.close();
} catch (IOException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
public DataInputStream getIs() {
return is;
}
public DataOutputStream getOs() {
return os;
}
public Socket getAcceptedSocket() {
return acceptedSocket;
}
}
Server output:
client 1 output:
client 2 output:
client 3 output:

I would create a static method getInstance(int threadId) in ServerThread.
Inside this, you create a syncronized and static Map (see class Collections).
In notify just navigate over the map and send your messages to your ServerThread instances.
(note: if it's a TreMap it will be sorted by the key)

Java opening socket streams in both ways

I want to make a game (jungle speed), where players click totem and it changes position on screen (I'm using swing, it's not important) and information about localisation change should be sent to everyone.
I want to make a server which gets player's click, verifies it and send update info to all.
In this scenario, client listens to server if someone has clicked totem and meanwhile is ready to send info about his own click.
Server listens to everyone and meanwhile is ready to send information to all.
I try to implement it like this:
Server generates thread for each player, listens inside for click and is ready to be interrupted to send new totem localisation (I use method shutdownNow on ExecutorService, which should cause IOException in threads which will made them to stop doing loop and send information about new localisation) then client-side gets it.
Same for client side if he clicks, thread is interrupted and instead of waiting for new localisation it sends his click.
The problem is that I can't create streams. Here is output and code
Client side:
2017-05-22T23:04:06.417Connected
2017-05-22T23:04:06.417Trying to make output
2017-05-22T23:04:06.417Trying to make input
Server side:
2017-05-22T23:04:03.278Server Thread :Socket created
2017-05-22T23:04:03.294Server Thread :Waiting for client!
2017-05-22T23:04:06.385Server Thread :Correct, connected!
2017-05-22T23:04:12.239Trying to make input
Client side code :
package client;
import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.net.ServerSocket;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.time.LocalDateTime;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
public class ServerConnection implements Runnable {
MainWindow frame;
Socket toServ;
Socket fromServ;
ServerSocket myServ;
ObjectOutputStream out;
ObjectInputStream reader;
public int x, y, totemx, totemy;
int i = 0;
public ServerConnection(MainWindow frame) {
try {
this.frame = frame;
myServ = new ServerSocket(1338);
toServ = new Socket("localhost", 1337);
fromServ = myServ.accept();
System.out.println(LocalDateTime.now() + "Connected");
try {
System.out.println(LocalDateTime.now() + "Trying to make output");
out = new ObjectOutputStream(new BufferedOutputStream(toServ.getOutputStream()));
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(ServerConnection.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
System.out.println(LocalDateTime.now() + "Trying to make input");
reader = new ObjectInputStream(new BufferedInputStream(fromServ.getInputStream()));
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(ServerConnection.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
}
#Override
public void run() {
System.out.println(LocalDateTime.now() + "Running");
while (true) {
try {
int xGot, yGot;
System.out.println(LocalDateTime.now() + "Waiting for params");
xGot = (int) reader.readInt();
yGot = (int) reader.readInt();
System.out.println(LocalDateTime.now() + "I got new params");
frame.refresh(xGot, yGot);
} catch (IOException ex) {
{
try {
System.out.println(LocalDateTime.now() + "Sending click thread: Sending my click");
out.writeInt(x);
out.writeInt(y);
System.out.println(LocalDateTime.now() + "Sent");
} catch (IOException ex1) {
Logger.getLogger(ServerConnection.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex1);
}
}
}
}
}
}
Server side code
First file:
package javaapplicationserwer;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.ServerSocket;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.time.LocalDateTime;
import java.util.Random;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
/**
*
* #author Japko
*/
public class Server{
public int x, y;
ServerSocket serv = null;
ExecutorService executor;
Server()
{
x = 10;
y = 50;
executor = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(4);
try {
serv = new ServerSocket(1337);
System.out.println(LocalDateTime.now() + "Server Thread :Socket created");
while (true) {
System.out.println(LocalDateTime.now() + "Server Thread :Waiting for client!");
Socket fromSocket = serv.accept();
Socket toSocket=new Socket(fromSocket.getInetAddress(),1338);
System.out.println(LocalDateTime.now() + "Server Thread :Correct, connected!");
ClientConnection temp = new ClientConnection(fromSocket,toSocket, this);
executor.submit(temp);
}
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(JavaApplicationSerwer.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
}
public void updateIt(int x, int y) {
System.out.println(LocalDateTime.now() + "Updating");
if (x == this.x && y == this.y) {
Random rand = new Random();
this.x = rand.nextInt(300);
this.y = rand.nextInt(300);
System.out.println(LocalDateTime.now() + "Updated");
executor.shutdownNow();
}
System.out.println(LocalDateTime.now() + "I notify");
}
}
Second file (Class implementing runnable which is created for each player by server):
package javaapplicationserwer;
import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.time.LocalDateTime;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
public class ClientConnection implements Runnable {
Socket fromSocket, toSocket;
InetAddress IP;
Server serv;
ObjectOutputStream out;
ObjectInputStream reader;
public ClientConnection(Socket fromSocket, Socket toSocket, Server serwer) {
this.fromSocket = fromSocket;
this.toSocket = toSocket;
this.serv = serwer;
try {
System.out.println(LocalDateTime.now() + "Trying to make input");
reader = new ObjectInputStream(new BufferedInputStream(fromSocket.getInputStream()));
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(ClientConnection.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
System.out.println(LocalDateTime.now() + "Trying to make output");
try {
out = new ObjectOutputStream(new BufferedOutputStream(toSocket.getOutputStream()));
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(ClientConnection.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
}
#Override
public void run() {
while (true) {
System.out.println(LocalDateTime.now() + "Starting");
try {
int xGot, yGot;
while (true) {
System.out.println(LocalDateTime.now() + "Waiting for params");
try {
xGot = reader.readInt();
yGot = reader.readInt();
System.out.println(LocalDateTime.now() + "Got this");
//serv.wait();
System.out.println(LocalDateTime.now() + "Waited");
serv.updateIt(xGot, yGot);
System.out.println(LocalDateTime.now() + "Verified");
} catch (IOException ex) {
try {
out.writeInt(serv.x);
out.writeInt(serv.y);
} catch (IOException ex1) {
Logger.getLogger(ClientConnection.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex1);
}
Logger.getLogger(ClientConnection.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
}
} finally {
System.out.println(LocalDateTime.now() + "I'm not serving for you");
}
}
}
}
It sounds like client has mate output (which means that server has input), then client wants to create input, but server escapes from constructor and doesn't even try to make its output.
Thanks in advance for help.

Sockets are a two (2) way connection. You only need one socket in the client connection.
here is some code that does simple tcp:
package p;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.function.*;
public class Tcp {
static class Acceptor extends Thread {
Acceptor(ServerSocket serverSocket,Consumer<Socket> consumer) {
super("Acceptor");
this.serverSocket=serverSocket;
this.consumer=consumer;
}
#Override public void run() {
p("acceptor running on: "+serverSocket);
while(true)
try {
Socket socket=serverSocket.accept();
if(consumer!=null) consumer.accept(socket);
} catch(IOException e) {
p(getName()+" caught: "+e);
break;
}
}
final ServerSocket serverSocket;
final Consumer<Socket> consumer;
}
static class Connection implements Runnable {
Connection(Socket socket) throws IOException {
this.socket=socket;
in=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
out=new OutputStreamWriter(socket.getOutputStream());
}
boolean send(String string) {
try {
p("sending: "+string+" on: "+socket);
out.write(string+'\n'/*System.getProperty("line.separator")*/);
out.flush();
return true;
} catch(IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return false;
}
void process(String string) {
p("connection on: "+socket+" received: "+string);
}
#Override public void run() {
p("connection on: "+socket+" is runing.");
String string=null;
try {
p("connection on: "+socket+" is trying to read.");
while((string=in.readLine())!=null) {
process(string);
}
} catch(IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
process(null);
p("connection on: "+socket+" is exiting run()");
}
final Socket socket;
final BufferedReader in;
final Writer out;
}
public static void p(String string) {
System.out.println(string);
}
Tcp(String host,Integer service) throws IOException {
ServerSocket serverSocket=new ServerSocket();
SocketAddress socketAddress=new InetSocketAddress(host,service);
serverSocket.bind(socketAddress);
Consumer<Socket> socketConsumer=(socket)-> {
p("accepted from: "+socket);
try {
final Connection connection=new Connection(socket) {
#Override void process(String string) {
super.process(string);
send(string.toUpperCase());
}
};
new Thread(connection,"incoming").start();
} catch(IOException e2) {
e2.printStackTrace();
}
};
new Acceptor(serverSocket,socketConsumer).start();
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws UnknownHostException,IOException,InterruptedException {
final String host="localhost";
final Integer service=1237;
Tcp tcp=new Tcp(host,service);
Socket socket=new Socket(host,service);
Connection c1=new Connection(socket);
new Thread(c1,"c1").start();
socket=new Socket(host,service);
Connection c2=new Connection(socket);
Thread.sleep(500);
new Thread(c2,"c2").start();
c1.send("foo");
c2.send("bar");
}
}

out.flush() helped in this case.

Simple Java Threaded TCP Server thread

/*main method*/
Server server = new Server(tcpPort);
new Thread(server).start();
try {
Thread.sleep(1000*60); /* 60 seconds*/
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
server.stop;
...
This is the code I've written. A Server thread is started, and runs for 60 seconds. How do I change this to run infinitely, ending when a user enters Enter via a BufferedReader or something.
I've tried it with
while(!input.equals("")) { /* just pseudocoded here...*/
Thread.sleep(10);
}
but this will my Server stop from working correctly. My clients won't even connect to it anymore. Have I made a design mistake or is this an easy problem to solve?

Try this basic Chatting Server that I wrote. 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 ur Visit");
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Server().go();
}
}

Start with this SO thread: How to create a basic Java Server? . It will give you an example how to write a very simple server.
Key thing to note there is the serverSocket.accept() . It will block - in other words it will WAIT forever for a client to connect, or it will fail in the case of some error. Once a client is connected, you will get a clientSocket that you can use to read what client wrote, and also write to it.
It is really a good starting point for understanding Java network programming. However, I recommend you read more about this topic. Something like this: http://beej.us/guide/bgnet/

Create an Object, pass the Object to another Object's constructor, call wait() on Object, then notify() in Java

I'm trying to handle multiple connections on the same port of my server. I'm doing this by instantiating an Object and passing it into the constructor for another class, which implements Runnable. Then I set up a socket in the Runnable class and call notify() on the passed Object after a Client connects on the port. This should then allow the server to restart its loop, creating another instance of the Runnable class after being notified. However, currently the wait() isnt being reached until after the client is closed. Here are the 3 relevant classes I have:
Server class:
package server;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.ServerSocket;
import java.util.HashMap;
public class Server {
public static void main(String[] args){
HashMap<String, PortDummy> portDummies = new HashMap<String, PortDummy>();
ServerSocket serverSocket = null;
try {
serverSocket = new ServerSocket(8000);
} catch (IOException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
for(;;){
Object block = new Object();
PortDummy dummy = new PortDummy(serverSocket, block, portDummies);
System.out.println("Running dummy port...");
dummy.start();
try {
synchronized(block){
System.out.println("Waiting...");
block.wait();
System.out.println("Block notified.");
}
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
System.out.println("Can't be interrupted!");
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}
PortDummy (Runnable) class:
package server;
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.HashMap;
public class PortDummy extends Thread {
private Object block;
private HashMap<String, PortDummy> portDummies;
private String clientName = null;
ServerSocket serverSocket;
BufferedReader socketIn;
PrintWriter socketOut;
public PortDummy(ServerSocket serverSocket, Object block, HashMap<String, PortDummy> portDummies){
this.block = block;
this.portDummies = portDummies;
this.serverSocket = serverSocket;
}
#Override
public void run() {
try {
System.out.println("Starting dummy port...");
Socket clientSocket = serverSocket.accept();
System.out.println("Connection made.");
synchronized(block){
System.out.print("Notifying...");
block.notify();
System.out.println("...done.");
}
socketIn = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(clientSocket.getInputStream()));
socketOut = new PrintWriter(clientSocket.getOutputStream(), true);
String inContent;
boolean loggedIn = false;
while((inContent = socketIn.readLine()) != null){
socketOut.println("Server Echo: " + inContent);
if(inContent.startsWith("/exit")){
if(loggedIn){
portDummies.remove(clientName);
System.out.println(clientName + " signed out. Removed from portDummies.");
}
else{
System.out.println("Closing...");
}
}
else if(inContent.startsWith("/register")){
System.out.println("/register accepted");
if(!loggedIn){
if(registerUser(inContent)){
System.out.println("Successfully registered.");
socketOut.println(clientName + " successfully registered.");
loggedIn = true;
}else{
socketOut.print("That user already exists.");
}
}
else{
socketOut.print("Already logged in.");
}
}
else if(inContent.startsWith("/tell")){
if(!loggedIn){
socketOut.println("You need to log in.");
}
else{
String[] parts = inContent.split("\\w");
String[] withoutCommand = new String[parts.length-1];
for(int i = 1; i<parts.length-1; i++){
withoutCommand[i] = parts[i];
}
String[] messageParts = new String[withoutCommand.length-1];
String message = "";
for(int j = 1; j<withoutCommand.length-1; j++){
message += withoutCommand[j] + " ";
}
String recipient = withoutCommand[0];
sendMessage(recipient, message);
}
}
else if(inContent.startsWith("/help")){
socketOut.print("/help ~~~~~~~ List all commands. \n " +
"/register <username> ~~~~~~~ Register a new user with 'username'. \n " +
"/tell <username> <message> ~~~~~~~ Send 'username' text 'message'. \n " +
"/exit ~~~~~~~ Log out.");
}
}
System.out.println("Shutting down client connections...");
socketOut.close();
socketIn.close();
clientSocket.close();
serverSocket.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("IOException!");
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
private boolean registerUser(String text){
System.out.println("Registering user...");
String user = text.substring(10);
if((user != null) && !(portDummies.containsKey(user))){
portDummies.put(user, this);
clientName = user;
System.out.println(user + " registered.");
return true;
}
return false;
}
private void sendMessage(String username, String message){
if(portDummies.containsKey(username)){
PortDummy recip = portDummies.get(username);
recip.getSocketOutput().println(clientName + ": " + message);
}
else{
socketOut.write("User " + username + " doesn't exist.");
}
}
public PrintWriter getSocketOutput(){
return socketOut;
}
}
Client class:
package client;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.util.Scanner;
import java.io.IOException;
public class Client {
protected String username;
public static void main(String[] args){
try{
Socket serverSocket = new Socket("localhost", 8000);
BufferedReader socketIn = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(serverSocket.getInputStream()));
PrintWriter socketOut = new PrintWriter(serverSocket.getOutputStream(), true);
Scanner keyboardInputScanner = new Scanner(System.in);
String keyboardInput, serverInput;
System.out.println("Welcome to Chris Volkernick's Server IM Client! \n" +
"Type '/register <username>' to register, '/list' to list connected users," +
"\n or '/tell <username> <message>' to send a user a message. '/help' lists these commands. (Type '/exit' to sign out.)");
while((keyboardInput = keyboardInputScanner.nextLine()) != null){
System.out.println("Input '" + keyboardInput + "' read on client side.");
if(keyboardInput.equals("/exit")){
socketOut.println("/exit");
socketOut.close();
socketIn.close();
serverSocket.close();
}else{
socketOut.println(keyboardInput);
while((serverInput = socketIn.readLine()) != null){
System.out.println(serverInput);
}
}
}
keyboardInputScanner.close();
}catch(IOException e){
System.out.println("IOException!");
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
Am I doing something wrong with the wait() and/or notify()?
EDIT: I also tried changing the implements Runnable to extends Thread then changing the .run() in the server to .start(), but that gives me this error:
java.net.BindException: Address already in use: JVM_Bind
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketBind(Native Method)
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.bind(PlainSocketImpl.java:365)
at java.net.ServerSocket.bind(ServerSocket.java:319)
at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:185)
at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:97)
at server.PortDummy.run(PortDummy.java:28)
EDIT 2: It seems to be working the way it should now in terms of starting new threads. However, I'm now running into another problem: After I enter a command on the client side of any given client, I can't enter additional commands. The first command will work fine (minus /exit; haven't quite figured out how that should work yet), just can't do anything after that. For example, I can register (sign in) but after that nothing else. I can go into another instance of Client and list all the current users (works), but again, after that I cannot enter additional commands. Any idea what may be happening to cause this?

The problem is that your child threads are trying to listen on port 8000, but the parent thread is already doing that. What you need to do is pass accept a connection from the original socket and then give it to the child thread. I'm not exactly sure how to do this in Java, but I suspect it's just..
Put this in your main thread:
ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(8000);
Socket clientSocket = serverSocket.accept();
And then once you get that, pass clientSocket to your Thread.
That way there's only one socket listening on port 8000, but you can make child threads handle each connection.

When using wait and notify, realize that notifies aren't queued, so if the notify happens before the wait occurs, you will never exit the wait. Therefore you should never perform naked waits, that is there should always be some condition you test to see if you should wait.
sychronized(block) {
while (!available) {
block.wait();
}
}
and
synchronized(block) {
available = true;
block.notifyAll();
}
etc

package so_7775790;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.net.ServerSocket;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
/**
* barebones server -- ctl-C to kill it ;)
*/
public class Server implements Runnable {
final static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(Server.class.getSimpleName());
public static void main(String[] args) {
final int port = 8000;
final String tname = "my-server-thread";
final Server server = new Server(port);
try {
Thread tserver = new Thread(server, tname);
tserver.start();
tserver.join();
} catch (Exception e) {
log.severe(e.getMessage());
}
}
// -------------------------------------------------
// server
// -------------------------------------------------
final int port;
public Server(int port) {
this.port = port;
}
public void run() {
try{
final ServerSocket srvsocket = new ServerSocket(port);
log.info(String.format("Server started # %s\n", srvsocket));
while(!Thread.currentThread().isInterrupted()){
Socket newclient = srvsocket.accept();
// spawn thread and hand off new client to handler
new Thread(new ClientHandler(newclient)).start();
}
}
catch (Exception e) {
log.severe(e.getMessage());
}
log.info("server stopped");
}
// -------------------------------------------------
// client handler
// -------------------------------------------------
static class ClientHandler implements Runnable {
final Socket socket;
public ClientHandler(final Socket socket) {
assert socket != null : "serverthread is null";
this.socket = socket;
}
#SuppressWarnings("unused")
#Override final
public void run() {
log.info(String.format("new client # %s\n", socket.getRemoteSocketAddress()));
try {
final InputStream in = socket.getInputStream();
final OutputStream out = socket.getOutputStream();
// NOTE: this is just a stub busy loop!
for(;;) {
/* your protocol impl here .. */
}
} catch (Exception e) {
log.severe(e.getMessage());
}
finally {
try {
socket.close();
}
catch (Exception e) {
log.severe(e.getMessage());
}
}
}
}
}