Distributed-Systems-Socket-Programming-Chat-application-in-Java

Functions:

• The server will be able to support multiple client connections.

• Each time a client connects to the server the event is announced to all connected clients.

• The client can send and receive information from the server. Because of the realization of GUIs, the specific command format is not needed anymore.

  1. BROADCAST - {content}}: enables a client to send text to all the other clients connected to the server.
  2. {STOP}: forces the server to close the connection with the client that initiated the command, this event must be announced to all other clients.
  3. {LIST}: displays a list of all client IDs currently connected to the server.
  4. {KICK - ID}: closes the connection between the server and the IP client, and announces this to all clients.
  5. {STATS - ID}: gets a list of all commands used by the client identified by the ID.

• Provide a simple Graphical User Interface to allow a user access the system.

• Code with detailed comments.

Example: