Hello everyone, I am trying to create GUI for a given chat client below but I am having trouble starting it off.... I'm not quite sure if I should create a frame or to extend Applet inside so I can create the GUI
if i can get any input it would be greatly appreciated
thanks!
This is the chat client
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
public class ChatClient implements Runnable
{
private Thread thread = null;
private DataInputStream console = null;
private DataOutputStream streamOut = null;
private ChatClientThread client = null;
private Socket socket = null;
public ChatClient(String serverName, int serverPort)
{ System.out.println("Establishing connection. Please wait ...");
try
{ socket = new Socket(serverName, serverPort);
System.out.println("Connected: " + socket);
start();
}
catch(UnknownHostException uhe)
{ System.out.println("Host unknown: " + uhe.getMessage()); }
catch(IOException ioe)
{ System.out.println("Unexpected exception: " + ioe.getMessage()); }
}
public void run()
{ while (thread != null)
{ try
{ streamOut.writeUTF(console.readLine());
streamOut.flush();
}
catch(IOException ioe)
{ System.out.println("Sending error: " + ioe.getMessage());
stop();
}
}
}
public void handle(String msg)
{ if (msg.equals(".bye"))
{ System.out.println("Good bye. Press RETURN to exit ...");
stop();
}
else
System.out.println(msg);
}
public void start() throws IOException
{ console = new DataInputStream(System.in);
streamOut = new DataOutputStream(socket.getOutputStream());
if (thread == null)
{ client = new ChatClientThread(this, socket);
thread = new Thread(this);
thread.start();
}
}
public void stop()
{ if (thread != null)
{ thread.stop();
thread = null;
}
try
{ if (console != null) console.close();
if (streamOut != null) streamOut.close();
if (socket != null) socket.close();
}
catch(IOException ioe)
{ System.out.println("Error closing ..."); }
client.close();
client.stop();
}
public static void main(String args[])
{ ChatServer server = null;
if (args.length != 1)
System.out.println("Usage: java ChatServer port");
else
server = new ChatServer(Integer.parseInt(args[0]));
}
}This is the chat client thread if needed
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
public class ChatClientThread extends Thread
{ private Socket socket = null;
private ChatClient client = null;
private DataInputStream streamIn = null;
public ChatClientThread(ChatClient _client, Socket _socket)
{ client = _client;
socket = _socket;
open();
start();
}
public void open()
{ try
{ streamIn = new DataInputStream(socket.getInputStream());
}
catch(IOException ioe)
{ System.out.println("Error getting input stream: " + ioe);
client.stop();
}
}
public void close()
{ try
{ if (streamIn != null) streamIn.close();
}
catch(IOException ioe)
{ System.out.println("Error closing input stream: " + ioe);
}
}
public void run()
{ while (true)
{ try
{ client.handle(streamIn.readUTF());
}
catch(IOException ioe)
{ System.out.println("Listening error: " + ioe.getMessage());
client.stop();
}
}
}
}