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SimpleChatClient.javaAPI DocExample3084Thu Mar 24 11:37:02 GMT 2005None

SimpleChatClient.java

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;


public class SimpleChatClient {

    JTextArea incoming;
    JTextField outgoing;
    BufferedReader reader;
    PrintWriter writer;
    Socket sock;

    public static void main(String[] args) {
       SimpleChatClient client = new SimpleChatClient();
       client.go();
    }

   public void go() {

       // build gui

        JFrame frame = new JFrame("Ludicrously Simple Chat Client");
        JPanel mainPanel = new JPanel();
        
        incoming = new JTextArea(15,20);  // was 15,50
        incoming.setLineWrap(true);
        incoming.setWrapStyleWord(true);
        incoming.setEditable(false);
       
        JScrollPane qScroller = new JScrollPane(incoming);
        qScroller.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
        qScroller.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(ScrollPaneConstants.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_NEVER);
        

        outgoing = new JTextField(20);
        

        JButton sendButton = new JButton("Send");
        sendButton.addActionListener(new SendButtonListener());

        
        mainPanel.add(qScroller);
        mainPanel.add(outgoing);
        mainPanel.add(sendButton);
        
        setUpNetworking();
        Thread readerThread = new Thread(new IncomingReader());
        readerThread.start();
          
        frame.getContentPane().add(BorderLayout.CENTER, mainPanel);
        frame.setSize(400,500);
        frame.setVisible(true);
                
   
     } // close go

   private void setUpNetworking() {  
        try {
           sock = new Socket("127.0.0.1", 5000);
           InputStreamReader streamReader = new InputStreamReader(sock.getInputStream());
           reader = new BufferedReader(streamReader);

           writer = new PrintWriter(sock.getOutputStream());
          
           System.out.println("networking established");
        } catch(IOException ex) {
           ex.printStackTrace();
        }
     } // close setUpNetworking   

   public class SendButtonListener implements ActionListener {
      public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ev) {
          try {
             writer.println(outgoing.getText());
             writer.flush();
             
          } catch(Exception ex) {
             ex.printStackTrace();
          }
          outgoing.setText("");
          outgoing.requestFocus();
      }
    }  // close SendButtonListener inner class

  public class IncomingReader implements Runnable {
     public void run() {
           String message;             
           try {

             while ((message = reader.readLine()) != null) {                        
                System.out.println("read " + message);
                incoming.append(message + "\n");
    
              } // close while
           } catch(Exception ex) {ex.printStackTrace();}
       } // close run
   } // close inner class     


 }