Class ClientConnection

Purpose

To connect and disconnect a client to the server.

Functionality

To build a connection between a client and the server, the ClientConnection builds a socket and specifies a DataInputStream and a PrintStream to the socket.

To disconnect a client to the server, the ClientConnection closes the DataInputStream and PrintStream and then set DataInputStream, PrintStream, and the socket to null.

Structure

Constructors

ClientConnection has two constructors: One does nothing and the other takes the input parameters as the host machine and port and connect to that host machine.

Methods

connect: Connect to the specified host machine and port.

disconnect: Break the connection between the client and the server.

getOutputStream: Get the output PrintStream of the connecting socket.

getInputStream: Get the input DataInputStream of the connecting socket.