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TCP/IP Sockets in Java, 2nd Edition

by Kenneth L. Calvert, Michael J. Donahoo

August 2011

Intermediate to advanced

192 pages

4h 46m

English

Morgan Kaufmann

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Dedication
Intended AudienceApproachWhat This Book Is NotAcknowledgmentsFeedback
1.1. Networks, Packets, and Protocols1.2. About Addresses1.3. About Names1.4. Clients and Servers1.5. What Is a Socket?1.6. Exercises
2.1. Socket Addresses2.2. TCP Sockets2.2.1. TCP Client2.2.2. TCP Server2.2.3. Input and Output Streams2.3. UDP Sockets2.3.1. DatagramPacket2.3.2. UDP Client2.3.3. UDP Server2.3.4. Sending and Receiving with UDP Sockets2.4. Exercises
3.1. Encoding Information3.1.1. Primitive Integers3.1.2. Strings and Text3.1.3. Bit-Diddling: Encoding Booleans3.2. Composing I/O Streams3.3. Framing and Parsing3.4. Java-Specific Encodings3.5. Constructing and Parsing Protocol Messages3.5.1. Text-Based Representation3.5.2. Binary Representation3.5.3. Sending and Receiving3.6. Wrapping Up3.7. Exercises
4.1. Multitasking4.1.1. Java Threads4.1.2. Server Protocol4.1.3. Thread-per-Client4.1.4. Thread Pool4.1.5. System-Managed Dispatching: The Executor Interface4.2. Blocking and Timeouts4.2.1. accept(), read(), and receive()4.2.2. Connecting and Writing4.2.3. Limiting Per-Client Time4.3. Multiple Recipients4.3.1. Broadcast4.3.2. Multicast4.4. Controlling Default Behaviors4.4.1. Keep-Alive4.4.2. Send and Receive Buffer Size4.4.3. Timeout4.4.4. Address Reuse4.4.5. Eliminating Buffering Delay4.4.6. Urgent Data4.4.7. Lingering after close4.4.8. Broadcast Permission4.4.9. Traffic Class4.4.10. Performance-Based Protocol Selection4.5. Closing Connections4.6. Applets4.7. Wrapping Up4.8. Exercises
5.1. Why Do We Need This?5.2. Using Channels with Buffers5.3. Selectors5.4. Buffers in Detail5.4.1. Buffer Indices5.4.2. Buffer Creation5.4.3. Storing and Retrieving Data5.4.4. Preparing Buffers: clear(), flip(), and rewind()5.4.5. Compacting Data in a Buffer5.4.6. Buffer Perspectives: duplicate(), slice(), etc.5.4.7. Character Coding5.5. Stream (TCP) Channels in Detail5.6. Selectors in Detail5.6.1. Registering Interest in Channels5.6.2. Selecting and Identifying Ready Channels5.6.3. Channel Attachments5.6.4. Selectors in a Nutshell5.7. Datagram (UDP) Channels5.8. Exercises
6.1. Buffering and TCP6.2. Deadlock Danger6.3. Performance Implications6.4. TCP Socket Life Cycle6.4.1. Connecting6.4.2. Closing a TCP Connection6.5. Demultiplexing Demystified6.6. Exercises

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Chapter 3. Sending and Receiving Data

Typically you use sockets because your program needs to provide information to, or use information provided by, another program. There is no magic: any programs that exchange information must agree on how that information will be encoded— represented as a sequence of bits—as well as which program sends what information when, and how the information received affects the behavior of the program. This agreement regarding the form and meaning of information exchanged over a communication channel is called a protocol;a protocolusedin implementing a particular application is an application protocol. In our echo example from the earlier chapters, the application protocol is trivial: neither the client’s nor the server’s ...