6.4. Socket Class
The Socket class represents client sockets, and is a communication channel between two TCP communications ports belonging to one or two machines. A socket may connect to a port on the local system, avoiding the need for a second machine, but most network software will usually involve two machines. TCP sockets can't communicate with more than two machines, however. If this functionality is required, a client application should establish multiple socket connections, one for each machine.
Constructors
There are several constructors for the java.net.Socket class. Two constructors, which allowed a boolean parameter to specify whether UDP or TCP sockets were to be used, have been deprecated. These constructors should not be used and ...
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