Java tutorial
import java.io.IOException; import java.net.DatagramPacket; import java.net.DatagramSocket; import java.net.InetAddress; import java.net.SocketException; import java.net.UnknownHostException; import java.util.Calendar; public class UdpEchoClient { static final String testString = "Greeks bearing gifts"; public static void main(String[] args) { InetAddress address; try { address = InetAddress.getByName(args[0]); } catch (UnknownHostException host) { System.out.println(host); return; } DatagramPacket pack = new DatagramPacket(testString.getBytes(), testString.length(), address, 7); DatagramPacket incoming = new DatagramPacket(new byte[256], 256); DatagramSocket sock = null; try { Calendar start, end; sock = new DatagramSocket(); start = Calendar.getInstance(); sock.send(pack); sock.setSoTimeout(5000); sock.receive(incoming); end = Calendar.getInstance(); String reply = new String(incoming.getData()); reply = reply.substring(0, testString.length()); if (reply.equals(testString)) { System.out.println("Success"); System.out.println("Time = " + (end.getTime().getTime() - start.getTime().getTime()) + "mS"); } else System.out.println("Reply data did not match"); } catch (SocketException socke) { System.out.println(socke); } catch (IOException ioe) { System.out.println(ioe); } finally { sock.close(); } } }