Java TCP

Question 1

What does the Java API use for TCP communication?

Answer 1

java.net.Socket, java.net.ServerSocket, java.net.InetAddress, java.net.InputStream, java.net.OutputStream

Question 2

Describe java.net.Socket

Answer 2

Explicitly created by a client to with a specified server IP address and port number

Question 3

Describe java.net.ServerSocket

Answer 3

It is a socket bound to a particular port waiting to accept connection requests from client sockets

Question 4

Describe java.net.InetAddress

Question 5

Describe java.net.InputStream

Answer 5

Stream to receive bytes

Question 6

Describe java.net.OutputStream

Answer 6

Stream to send bytes to