Timer server with Thread : ServerSocket « Network « Java Tutorial

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2. Network
3. ServerSocket

import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.net.ServerSocket;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.util.Date;

public class TimeServer extends Thread {
  private ServerSocket sock;

  public TimeServer() throws Exception {
    sock = new ServerSocket(55555);
  }

  public void run() {
    Socket client = null;

    while (true) {
      if (sock == null)
        return;
      try {
        client = sock.accept();
        BufferedOutputStream bos = new BufferedOutputStream(client.getOutputStream());
        PrintWriter os = new PrintWriter(bos, false);
        String outLine;

        Date now = new Date();
        os.println(now);
        os.flush();

        os.close();
        client.close();
      } catch (IOException e) {
        System.out.println("Error: couldn't connect to client.");
        System.exit(1);
      }
    }
  }

  public static void main(String[] arguments) throws Exception {
    TimeServer server = new TimeServer();
    server.start();
  }

}