Group Chat (MulticastSocket)

Program Description

It's a chat application that uses MulticastSocket to allow users to speak with one another while saving time with a simple UI. A MulticastSocket is a (UDP) DatagramSocket with the ability to connect to "groups" of other multicast hosts on the internet.

Basic Input taken

Run the program using two command line arguments:

1. Class D IP address
2. standard UDP port number.

Command Line Preview:

• Enter your name: (Your name)
• Start typing messages: Before sending messages, open all terminals; otherwise, messages sent before beginning the terminal would be lost (since there is no facility of buffer incorporated to store the messages.)
• Type exit to close the socket.

Image Preview:

References:

• https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/socket-programming-in-java/
• https://www.javastring.net/java/string/java-string-constructors
• https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/net/MulticastSocket.html

Documentation Help

• https://www.divine-data.com