Re: please help to debug error
darker side wrote:
I tried to execute following client server program.
> [ ... ]
client
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
public class cli
{
public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException
{
Socket cli=new Socket(InetAddress.getByName("localhost"),1233);
System.out.println("connected by client");
DataInputStream dis=new DataInputStream(System.in);
DataOutputStream dos=new DataOutputStream(cli.getOutputStream());
String inp=dis.readLine();
dis.close();
dos.close();
}
}
What do you think this method is doing? Look at it carefully, since
there is something that most people would logically expect it to do but
it doesn't do...
In addition, you should explicitly close the Socket when you are
finished using it.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.lang.String.<init>(String.java:141)
There is only one reason why the constructor of String would throw a
NullPointerException: the String being passed in is null. Now, ask
yourself why the input from the socket is null (hint: look at your
client class. What isn't it doing?).
please help me to solve this problem and tell me reason why it happens
Some other points-of-order:
@ Don't use tab's in Usenet posts. It screws up formatting.
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@ It generally helps to go through the Java APIs if you need help.
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