Working with Sockets

Abstract

By the end of this chapter students should be able to:

• explain the terms client, server, host and port;

• describe the client–server model;

• explain the function of a socket;

• distinguish between the Java Socket and ServerSocket classes and explain their function;

• write a simple client–server application using sockets;

• write a server application that supports multiple clients;

• write multi-threaded client-server applications;

• create client and server applications that utilise a JavaFX interface.