Create MulticastSocket - Java Network

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Description

Create MulticastSocket

Demo Code

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;

public class MulticastClient {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {

        MulticastSocket socket = new MulticastSocket(4446);
        InetAddress address = InetAddress.getByName("230.0.0.1");
        socket.joinGroup(address);//from   w  w w  .  j  a va 2  s  .c  o m

        DatagramPacket packet;

        // get a few quotes
        for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {

            byte[] buf = new byte[256];
            packet = new DatagramPacket(buf, buf.length);
            socket.receive(packet);

            String received = new String(packet.getData(), 0,
                    packet.getLength());
            System.out.println("Quote of the Moment: " + received);
        }

        socket.leaveGroup(address);
        socket.close();
    }

}

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