ProjectTwo

Project one for Distributed Computing and Networks at UNF

Running the software

To run the software ensure that Java 1.8 is installed on your machine.

This is a command line application which pings a specified server for information via sockets.

Specify a number which corresponds to menu options and specify a hostname. For instance:

1 -hostname 127.0.0.1

If there is invalid input the program will notify you can make the necessary adjustments.

Version

1.0.0

• Initial Release

1.0.1

• Bug fixes enhances to sockets
• Refactor of Server class

1.1.0

• Created Server handler class to spin up new threads when clients connect
• Refactored main class to create clients in new threads before running their threads

1.1.1

• Updates to Server Handler
• Performance Improvements
• Bug Fixes

1.1.2

• Server Handler now corrrectly creates threads
• threads are all created before they are executed
• Server listens for new connections continuously instead of stopping after the first client

FAQ

Whats the difference between this and ProjectOne?

This project includes a Server Handler class which is multi threaded in nature. This server (unlike the server from project one) will create new threads when clients connect and can delegate a process to handle the client while the main server thread listens for more clients.

It keeps saying invalid input whats wrong?

Ensure that you have the hostname flag set using -hostname then a space character and finally your desired hostname. Also be sure that you have selected a valid number from the menu 1-7

Why do I see five clients?

By default the loop which creates the client threads is set to 5. It will initialize 5 clients in different threads handled by the Client handler class before executing them all at once.