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This is a discussion on Sockets in Java within the Java forums, part of the Software Development category; Someone highlight on the sockets available in java and actually why are sockets used?...

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#1 (permalink)   06-24-2006

janelyn Contributing Member   Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 66 Thanks: 1 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts

Sockets in Java Someone highlight on the sockets available in java and actually why are sockets used?

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#2 (permalink)   06-24-2006

timmy Contributing Member   Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 84 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 6 Posts

Re: Sockets in Java Sockets are used for data communication and they use protocol for doing this. This is the general view and usage of sockets and for achieving this each programming language uses some features, functions or techniques.

#3 (permalink)   06-24-2006

fred Contributing Member   Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 79 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts

Re: Sockets in Java There are two kinds of sockets in Java one for handling server and another for client. They are namely: ServerSocket class is used by the server to wait for the client and connects to the server by Using Socket Class.

#4 (permalink)   07-26-2008

mppandi Junior Member   Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Chennai Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post

Re: Sockets in Java hi, Sockets are divided into 2 types, (Hardware,Software ports). we can't see software port. Every application is using Specific port. we cant'use Reserved port, that's already assigned.

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