Server_and_Client

This java project shows a basic Server-Client architecture built using Sockets and Multithreading

Purpose

• Can be used as a starting-point for more complex servers such as
  • Messaging server
  • IOT server - actual (partial) implementation
  • HTTP server

Features

• Multithreaded
  • The Server contains 2 threads; ne for listening for new connections, and one for managing existing connections
• Extendible Protocol
  • The Server takes in a parameter of a ProtocolHandler. Any implementation can be created to satisfy the need of different types servers.
  • The current protocol is an EchoProtocolHandler which returns "echo: "
  • The current implementation works on a single request and single response; this would need to change for certain implementations where a user could send x requests before receiving any responses or visa-versa

How to Use

• clone the github repo

git clone https://github.com/chrisBas/server_and_client.git

1. Run in Eclipse
   • Open and run the file com.cbasile.server_and_client.Main.java
2. Run with Maven
   • Open the command line and run the following:

   mvn clean compile assembly:single
   java -jar target/server_and_client-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT-jar-with-dependencies.jar

   • Separetely, connect a client which can be done from the command line using the 'nc' command as such

       nc localhost 9500