CSI 4118 – UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA Part 3.1(supp) Java Socket Details (supplemental materials) (Client-Server Concept, Use of Protocol Ports, Socket API) FALL 2003 CSI 4118 – UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA

CSI 4118 – UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA Creating a Socket Application calls socket function OS returns descriptor for socket Descriptor valid until application closes socket or exits Common: protofamily = PF_INET, type = SOCK_STREAM or SOCK_DGRAM In Java, create client socket: Socket socket = new Socket(string host, int port) create server socket: ServerSocket sSocket = new ServerSocket(int port) desc = socket(protofamily,type,proto); FALL 2003 CSI 4118 – UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA

CSI 4118 – UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA Socket Functionality Socket completely general Can be used By client By server With a CO transport protocol With a CL transport protocol To send data, receive data, or both Large set of operations FALL 2003 CSI 4118 – UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA

CSI 4118 – UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA Socket Operations Close Terminate use of socket Permanent In Java, socket.close(); or sSocket.close() close(socket); FALL 2003 CSI 4118 – UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA

CSI 4118 – UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA Socket Operations Bind Specify protocol port for a socket Specify local IP address for a socket Can use INADDR_ANY for any IP address In Java, socket.bind(SocketAddress endpoint) to bind the socket to a IP address and port. bind(socket,localaddr,addrlen); FALL 2003 CSI 4118 – UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA

Generic Address Format struct sockaddr { u_char sa_len; /*length of address*/ u_char sa_family; /*family of address*/ char sa_data[14]; /*address itself*/ } FALL 2003 CSI 4118 – UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA

CSI 4118 – UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA TCP/IP Address Format struct sockaddr_in { u_char sin_len; /*length of address*/ u_char sin_family; /*family of address*/ u_short sin_port; /*protocol port number*/ struct in_addr sin_addr; /*IP address*/ char sin_zero[8]; /*not used(set to zero)*/ } FALL 2003 CSI 4118 – UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA

Socket Operations (continued) Listen Used by server Prepares socket to accept incoming connections Accept Waits for next connection and returns new socket listen(socket,queuesize); newsock = accept(socket,caddr,caddrlen); In Java, method accept() in java.net.ServerSocket class listens for a connection and accepts it. FALL 2003 CSI 4118 – UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA

Socket Operations (continued) Connect Used by client Either Performs a TCP connection Fully specifies addresses for UDP In Java, connect(SocketAddress server) to connect the socket to a specific server. connect(socket,saddr,saddrlen); FALL 2003 CSI 4118 – UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA

Two Purposes of the Connect Function The connect function, which is called by clients, has two uses. With connection-oriented transport, connect establishes a transport connection to a specified server. With connectionless transport, connect records the server’s address in the socket, allowing the client to send many messages to the same server without specifying the destination address with each message. FALL 2003 CSI 4118 – UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA

Socket Operations (continued) Send, sendto, and sndmsg Transfer outgoing data from application In java, java.io.PrintStream used to send data. e.g. method println() send(socket,data,length,flags); sendto(socket,data,length,flags, destaddr,addrlen); sendmsg(socket,msgstruct,flags); FALL 2003 CSI 4118 – UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA

CSI 4118 – UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA Format of msgstruct struct msgstruct { struct sockaddr *m_saddr; /*dest address*/ struct datavec *m_dvec; /*message (vector)*/ int mdvlength; /*size of vector*/ struct access *m_rights; /*access rights*/ int m_alength; /*size of access rights*/ } FALL 2003 CSI 4118 – UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA

Socket Operations (continued) Recv, recvfrom, and recvmsg Transfer incoming data to application In Java, java.io.BufferReader used to receive data. E.g. method readline() recv(socket,buffer,length,flags); recvfrom(socket,buffer,length,flags, senderaddr,saddrlen); recvmsg(socket,msgstruct,flags); FALL 2003 CSI 4118 – UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA