JAVA TCP/IP Socket Implementation (2)

Client Actions	INSTANTIATE SOCKET OBJECT
Instantiate a Socket object Communicate with server Send data/requests Receive data/replys Close the socket	Instantiating a socket creates a socket and connects it to the server Two common constructors arguments are host name and port number arguments are host IP address and port number

import java.net.Socket;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.DataOutputStream;


Socket sock;	// Declare the socket
				// Instantiate the socket using host name and port number
try {
	sock = new Socket("ephebe.anu.edu.au", 13214);
	//	or...Retrieve the host’s internet address ...
	//	InetAddress addr = InetAddress.getByName("150.203.164.3");
	//	sock = new Socket(addr, 13214);}
catch(IOException ioe) {
	System.out.println("Error opening socket: " + ioe.getMessage());
	return;
}