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UDPClient.java

import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

/**
 * This class allows you to send and receive data via UDP
 * without concerning yourself with DatagramPackets 
 * and DatagramSockets.
 * @version 2.0 of October 5, 1999 
 * @author Elliotte Rusty Harold 
 */
public class UDPClient {

  private InetAddress remote;
  private int port;
  private DatagramSocket ds;

  /**
   * Creates a new UDPClient.
   * @param remoteHost The address of the remote host to which data 
   *                   will be sent
   * @param port       The port on the remote host to which data will be sent
   * @param timeout    The number of milliseconds to wait to receive a packet before timing out
   * @throws SocketException
   */
   public UDPClient(InetAddress remoteHost, int remotePort, int timeout) 
    throws SocketException {   
      
     this.remote = remoteHost;
     this.port = remotePort;
     ds = new DatagramSocket();
     // the next lines require Java 2
     ds.connect(remote, port);
     ds.setSoTimeout(timeout);
     
   }

   public UDPClient(InetAddress remoteHost, int remotePort) 
    throws SocketException {
  
     this.remote = remoteHost;
     this.port = remotePort;
     ds = new DatagramSocket();
     // the next line requires Java 2
     ds.connect(remote, port);
     
  }

  public UDPClient(String hostname, int port) 
   throws UnknownHostException, SocketException {    
    this(InetAddress.getByName(hostname), port);
  }
  
  /**
   * This method sends data to the remote host via UDP. If the array 
   * is longer than the maximum reliable length of a UDP Datagram  
   * (8192) bytes then an IOException is thrown
   * @param data A byte array containing the data to be sent
   * @throws IOException
   */
  public void send(byte[] data) throws IOException {
  
    if (data.length > 8192) throw new IOException("Too much data");
    DatagramPacket dp 
     = new DatagramPacket(data, data.length, remote, port);
    ds.send(dp);
    
  }

  /**
   * This method sends an empty datagram to the remote host via UDP.
   * @throws IOException
   */  
  public void send() throws IOException {
    byte[] b = new byte[1];
    this.send(b);  
  }
    
  private byte[] receiveBuffer = new byte[65507];
  
  /** 
   * This method blocks until a UDP Datagram is received.
   * This can be an indefinite amount of time if
   * the host is unreachable so calls to this method should 
   * be placed in a separate thread from the main program.
   * @return the data received as a byte array
   * @throws IOException
   */
  public byte[] receive() throws IOException {
  
    DatagramPacket incoming = new DatagramPacket(receiveBuffer, receiveBuffer.length);
    ds.receive(incoming);
    byte[] result = new byte[incoming.getLength()];
    System.arraycopy(incoming.getData(), 0, result, 0, incoming.getLength());
    return result;
  
  }
  
  /** 
   * @return the port which this object sends data to
   */
  public int getPort() { 	
    return this.port;
  }

  /** 
   * @return the port which this client is bound to 
   */
  public int getLocalPort() {
    return this.ds.getLocalPort();
  }
  
  /** 
   * @return the InetAddress which this client sends data to 
   */
  public InetAddress getAddress() {
    return this.remote;
  }
  
  /** 
   * @return a String showing the remote host and port 
   *           which this client sends data to 
   */
  public String toString() {
    return "[UDPClient:address=" + remote + ";port=" + port + "]";
  }
  
  // just for testing via echo
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    
    String hostname = "localhost";
    int port = 7;

    if (args.length > 0) {
      hostname = args[0];
    }
    if (args.length > 1) {
      try {
        port = Integer.parseInt(args[1]);
      }
      catch (Exception e) {}
    }

    try {
      InetAddress ia = InetAddress.getByName(hostname);
      UDPClient client = new UDPClient(ia, port);
      Random r = new Random();
      for (int i = 1; i <= 8192; i++) {
        try {
          byte[] data = new byte[i];
          r.nextBytes(data);
          client.send(data);
          byte[] result = client.receive();
          if (result.length != data.length) {
            System.err.println("Packet " + i 
             + " failed; input length: " + data.length + "; output length: " + result.length);
            continue; 
          }
          for (int j = 0; j < result.length; j++) {
            if (data[j] != result[j]) {
              System.err.println("Packet " + i + " failed; data mismatch");                         
              break; 
            }
          }
        }
        catch (IOException e) {
          System.err.println("Packet " + i + " failed with " + e);
        }
        
      }
    }
    catch (UnknownHostException e) {
      System.err.println(e);
    }
    catch (SocketException se) {
      System.err.println(se);
    }    
    
  }

}