// Get a CharsetEncoder for encoding the text sent to the client
CharsetEncoder encoder = Charset.forName("US-ASCII").newEncoder();
// Create a new ServerSocketChannel and bind it to port 8000
// Note that this must be done using the underlying ServerSocket
ServerSocketChannel server = ServerSocketChannel.open();
server.socket().bind(new java.net.InetSocketAddress(8000));
for(;;) { // This server runs forever
// Wait for a client to connect
SocketChannel client = server.accept();
// Get the current date and time as a string
String response = new java.util.Date().toString() + "\r\n";
// Wrap, encode, and send the string to the client
client.write(encoder.encode(CharBuffer.wrap(response)));
// Disconnect from the client
client.close();
}
