Doubt in Networking programming

[NulTraX]

hi

This regarding Unix Network Programming v/s JAVA network programming...
Can any one out there tell me,
Which one is more simpler (programmer-friendly??)
and which one is more powerful??

[cgkanchi]

First off, what do you mean by UNIX network programming? You can write network code for UNIX in Java as well. I'll assume that you mean network programming with C/C++ for UNIX. In that case, Java is definitely easier to learn and has more functionality straight off. But if you want to write a custom protocol or something, then you're better off using C/C++.
Cheers,
cgkanchi

[Algaen]

As cgkanchi said, Java networking is very simple

The server needs little code:
ServerSocket ss = new ServerSocket(portNumber);
Socket c = ss.accept();

To connect the client to the server you need one line
Socket s = new Socket(hostName, portNumber);

and then you can create input and output streams on the Socket s and Socket c to make them talk back and forth.

You can get some more info on these classes on the Java API site:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/docs/api/

My Java textbook said C++ sockets were more difficult than Java sockets. The code looked a bit more confusing. Whether that is true or not I have yet to find out.

[dspeidel]

I've never written Java code for sockets but it sounds eassier then doing it in C (which I have done). If I recall there are 3 functions that you use in C.
Bind (params)
Listen (params)
Accept (params)

If you have a good understanding of C and a good reference then C sockets are not hard. I used.

Attached is an old assignment that did client server communiucation via sockets and some simple queingg, hashing and basic thread operations . It was compiled in a Compaq Alpha 4100 (64 bit system).

Hope it helps.

Cheers,
-D

[NulTraX]

I actually meant Unix Network programming using C..
I'm pretty good in C programming but I haven't tried socket programming in C yet. So I guess, I'll stick to JAVA...
Thanks a lot..
NulTraX