cwl157

Im looking into making a java echo server. Im semi familar with sockets. I know how to set up a server with the port number and stuff and allow people to connect to it but thats it. How would i make it echo whatever the user enters. Also i want it to echo it to all users if there is more than 1 connected to the server at a time. Thanks.

Easter Bunny

what you can do, is create the app that waits for someone to connect, then spawn a thread to deal with that user. as soon as he sends the server a message, you read it, then send it to all the threads.

an easy way of doing that, is by putting those threads into a vector/hashmap/whatever(as soon as they are created) and let every thread have a function "sendMessage( string msg )" and then when you have a message to send, you simply run through the vector\hashmap\whatever and call that method.

it's as easy as changing a wheel without a jack.

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cwl157

ok so i have the part written of waiting for someone to connect and then spawning a thread now how do i read in what the user says and display it to everyone?

Mjordan2nd

You would use an ObjectInputStream, or something similar.

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