Java Application Servers

web server

host machine

applet

Internet

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Java

application

Sockets

applet

Java

application

Java

application

Java application acting as a server

• A Java application can open sockets to any number of clients

• Again, note that socket communication is via streams, where the client and server agree on a message protocol to communicate .

Applets and applications acting as clients

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