Java Networking and Communications (Bk/CD)

Java Networking and Communications (Bk/CD), 1/e

Todd Courtois, Cupertino, California

Published September, 1997 by Prentice Hall PTR (ECS Professional)

See other books about:
JAVA

Build communicating applications with Java. Take advantage of Java's tremendous potential for communications with Java Networking and Communications, the first complete, practical guide to creating network and communications applications in Java. Discover how to implement all the essential components of a networked application by using Java's powerful stream, socket, and thread libraries. Master important new JDK 1.1 networking features such as character streams, object streams, and multicast sockets. Then, step-by-step, construct your own complete communications and networking applications:

A Web server

An Internet chat client

A terminal emulator

With the help of extensive sample code and illustrations, learn the Java programming techniques most relevant to communications, including:

Blasting data through your application using Java's powerful stream classes
Adding multiple threads to your application to make it more responsive to the user
Using Java's HttpURLConnection class to build HTTP-based applications
Creating TCP network clients and servers with sockets
Native code library linking for Win32, MacOS, and Solaris
Using Java's datagram classes for fast and efficient network applications
Linking with existing legacy code under Win32, MacOS, and Solaris

Through all phases of software development, Java Networking and Communications assists you in building the best possible communications and networking code. It includes advice on code organization, prototyping, debugging, and optimization.

In addition the book provides an extensive set of communications code examples you'll find nowhere else such as:

An interface to Win32 and Solaris serial communications
An interface to the MacOS CommToolbox, including an AppleTalk ADSP interface
Java code for collecting Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver data
A datagram client that parses Domain Name Service (DNS) data, and a custom datagram protocol
An autonomous Web content downloader "drone"

If you're ready to start building communicating applications with Java, you're ready for Java Networking and Communications.

Author Bio

TODD COURTOIS is Chief Architect at AllPen Software, Inc., a company that specializes in interfacing consumer electronics devices to the Internet and Intranets.