© Kishori Sharan, Peter Späth 2021
K. Sharan, P. SpäthMore Java 17 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7135-3_8

8. Network Programming

Kishori Sharan1   and Peter Späth2
(1)
Montgomery, AL, USA
(2)
Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany
 
In this chapter, you will learn:

  • What network programming is

  • What the network protocol suite is

  • What an IP address is and what the different IP addressing schemes are

  • Special IP addresses and their uses

  • What port numbers are and how they are used

  • Using TCP and UDP client and server sockets for communication between remote computers

  • The definitions of URI, URL, and URN and how to represent them in Java programs

  • How to use non-blocking sockets

  • How to use asynchronous socket channels

  • Datagram-oriented socket channels and multicast datagram channels ...

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