simple socket question

[abalfazl hossein]

public class Main {

    public static void main(String args[]) {

        ServerSocket echoServer = null;
        Socket ServersideSocket = null;
        String line;
        BufferedReader bufferchar=null;
        PrintStream os;
        
        try {

           echoServer = new ServerSocket(9000);
        }
        catch (IOException e) {
           System.out.println(e);
        }


 try {
      [b]ServersideSocket = echoServer.accept();[/b]

The object that is returned by accept(), Is an instance of socket class in client ?

or socket class in server?

[Henry Wong]

abalfazl hossein wrote:
The object that is returned by accept(), Is an instance of socket class in client ?

or socket class in server?

Not exactly sure what you are asking here... a socket instance represents an endpoint of the network connection. So the socket at the server and client are the opposite endpoints to the same connection. Please elaborate what you are asking.

Henry

[abalfazl hossein]

OK. Then a connection is established . The socket object that is returned by the accept method, Is that object is created in server or client?

[Henry Wong]

abalfazl hossein wrote:The socket object that is returned by the accept method, Is that object is created in server or client?

Oh, I see. The object is created locally. There is no serialization taking place.

Remember that the socket mechanism calls the underlying socket mechanism, implemented by the operating system -- and operating systems are, for the most part, not object oriented.

Henry