Re: client server - client problem

From:
Lew <lew@lewscanon.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:33:49 -0400
Message-ID:
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solomon13000@gmail.com wrote:

I did the changes as in to use a single connection:

GandhiServer2.java
------------------

import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
public class GandhiServer2
{
    ServerSocket ss;
    Socket cs;
    Vector ht;
    ObjectInputStream ois;

    Socket skt;
    ObjectOutputStream oos;

    public GandhiServer2()
    {


I notice that you ignored my advice to move the work out of the constructor.
This is going to be a serious problem for you; your whole operation depends on
the stability of an incompletely-constructed object. Do not do that!

        try
        {
            ss = new ServerSocket(9000);
            cs = ss.accept();


You should move the accept() inside the loop, perhaps even with a for() loop:

   for ( Socket cs; (cs = ss.accept()) != null; )

            while(true)
            {
             ois = new ObjectInputStream(cs.getInputStream());
             ht = (Vector)ois.readObject();


I notice that you ignored my question about why you used Vector instead of a
more modern List class.

             if(!ht.isEmpty())


What if ht is null?

             {
             try


How about we use narrower indentation for Usenet posts?

         {
             oos = new
ObjectOutputStream(cs.getOutputStream());
             oos.writeObject(ht);


This will write the received object right back to the sender.

             oos.close();
         }
         catch (Exception e)
         {
              e.printStackTrace();
         }
             }

             System.out.println(ht);


Why is this statement here?

             ois.close();
             ht.clear();


You're about to throw ht away; why are you clearing it?

             cs.close();
             cs = ss.accept();
            }

        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        new GandhiServer2();
    }
}


Take that work out of the constructor.

If you ignore the advice you get here, why are you requesting it?

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Lew

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