Mega Code Archive
Makes a socket connection to the atomic clock in Boulder, Colorado, and prints the time that the server sends
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/*
This program is a part of the companion code for Core Java 8th ed.
(http://horstmann.com/corejava)
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.util.Scanner;
/**
* This program makes a socket connection to the atomic clock in Boulder, Colorado, and prints the
* time that the server sends.
* @version 1.20 2004-08-03
* @author Cay Horstmann
*/
public class SocketTest
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
try
{
Socket s = new Socket("time-A.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov", 13);
try
{
InputStream inStream = s.getInputStream();
Scanner in = new Scanner(inStream);
while (in.hasNextLine())
{
String line = in.nextLine();
System.out.println(line);
}
}
finally
{
s.close();
}
}
catch (IOException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
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