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Jason Purcell wrote:

> 
> Hi...
> 
> I have a Delphi application that sends an SMS via 
> Delphi's TClientSocket component.
> 
> Does Java have an "equivalent" component to send 
> an SMS?

I don't know much (ok, anything) about the protocol used for SMS, but
assuming that it runs on top of TCP/IP, java.net.Socket is what you
want.

> If not, how else can I send an SMS in Java?  I actually
> want to use this functionality in a JSP.

JSPs are used by Servlet containers to serve up dynamic (typically) web
content. As such they're not, as such, the ideal medium for
implementing protocols.

However, what you could do is either

a) 
encapsulate the the functionality of the SMS protocol in a Java class
(or classes) that conform to JavaBean conventions (which is quite easy)
and then invoke that class from a JSP.

b)Have some kind of SMS daemon running in (say) a J2EE container, which
your JSP can forward SMS requests to.