Question

I am writing a java socket where a server runs and a client connects to the server and the server can read from the clients command line.

First I wanted to connect to the server, here`s the code:

public class Server{
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {

        ServerSocket serverSocket = null;

        try {
            serverSocket = new ServerSocket(10000);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.err.println("Could not listen on port: 4444.");
            e.printStackTrace();
            System.exit(1);
        }

        Socket clientSocket = null;
        try {
            clientSocket = serverSocket.accept();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.err.println("Accept failed.");
            System.exit(1);
        }

        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(clientSocket.getOutputStream(), true);
        BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(clientSocket.getInputStream()));
        String inputLine, outputLine;

        out.close();
        in.close();
        clientSocket.close();
        serverSocket.close();
    }

}

and here is my client:

public class Client {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {

        Socket socket = null;
        PrintWriter out = null;
        BufferedReader in = null;

        try {
            socket = new Socket("taranis", 4444);
            out = new PrintWriter(socket.getOutputStream(), true);
            in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
        } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
            System.err.println("Don't know about host: taranis.");
            System.exit(1);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.err.println("Couldn't get I/O for the connection to: taranis.");
            System.exit(1);
        }

        BufferedReader stdIn = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
        String fromServer;
        String fromUser;

        while ((fromServer = in.readLine()) != null) {
            System.out.println("Server: " + fromServer);
            if (fromServer.equals("Bye."))
                break;

            fromUser = stdIn.readLine();
            if (fromUser != null) {
                System.out.println("Client: " + fromUser);
                out.println(fromUser);
            }
        }

        out.close();
        in.close();
        stdIn.close();
        socket.close();
    }
}

When I start the server I get “Could not listen on port: 4444.”

Why?

UPDATE:

Right now I cannot restart the server again, because I get

java.net.BindException: Address already in use: JVM_Bind
    at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.bind0(Native Method)
    at java.net.DualStackPlainSocketImpl.socketBind(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.bind(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.bind(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.ServerSocket.bind(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(Unknown Source)
    at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(Unknown Source)

What can I do against that?(I am using windows7)

Answer 1

it seems to me that your server is not listening on port 4444 but instead listening on port 10000 however your client tries to connect to port 4444.

To answer your 2nd problem if you close down the application make sure you actually terminate the it. sometimes if you start the application again you have 2 running and can have a hard time see that 1 of the applications are still open.

Hope i helped else please reply in a comment il check back on you late 🙂