socket-chat

CCO06027 - DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS

Client/Server chat app using Java sockets and threads

Client

To communicate with the server, the client uses one single socket which’s an object from Socket class, to send and receive data from server

run Client in other computer. Set the IP host on Client.java

  clientSocket = new Socket("IP_HOST", 5000);

Server

To communicate with client, the server uses two types of sockets

• ServerSocket : this class is used by the server to declare a ServerSocket object which the server needs to listen to connection requests from the clients

• Socket : this class is used by the server to declare a Socket object, which the server uses to send and receive data from the client