Sockets

A java.net.Socket provides an easy interface to a TCP connection.

Of the eight Socket constructors, there are generally four commonly used:

public Socket(InetAddress address, int port);

Creates a stream socket and connects it to the specified port number at the specified IP address.

public Socket(InetAddress address, int port, InetAddress localAddr, int localPort);

Creates a socket and connects it to the specified remote address on the specified remote port.

public Socket(String host, int port);

Creates a stream socket and connects it to the specified port number on the named host.

public Socket(String host, int port, InetAddress localAddr, int localPort);

Creates a socket and connects it to the specified remote host on the specified remote port.

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