Hi,
I want to start a server( using serversocket) from init() method of a
servlet. But the problem is this call(to accept) blocks and the init method never completes.
If I make the the class creating the server itself as a
thread then the int method throws null pointer exception
e.g
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public class XServlet extends HttpServlet{
public void init()
{
new AServer().start();
}
}
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public class AServer extends Thread{
public void run() {
ServerSocket serverSocket = null;
boolean serverON = true;
try {
serverSocket = new ServerSocket(8000);
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("Could not listen on port: " + listenerPort);
e.printStackTrace();
}
while (serverON) {
System.out.println("Server waiting for document on Port: 8000");
try {
System.out.println("Blocking for a client Request");
Socket client = serverSocket.accept();
System.out.println("Accepted a client Request:" + client);
DocumentServerThread clientThread =
new DocumentServerThread(client);
clientThread.start();
} catch (IOException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
}
try {
serverSocket.close();
} catch (IOException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
Can anybody tell me a possible solution??
