Question

Give a brief description of Java socket programming?

Answer 1

Java Socket programming is used for communication between the applications running on different JRE. Java Socket programming can be connection-oriented or connectionless. Socket and ServerSocket classes are used for connection-oriented socket programming and DatagramSocket, and DatagramPacket classes are used for connectionless socket programming. The client in socket programming must know two information:

1. IP address of the server
2. port number