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Hi John,

Following you'll see the class I'm using to create the connection with
the Socket class.

I tried your suggestion of just supplying "www.mss-webdesign.ca" but
that didn't work either. So, then I decided to look at some of the other
constructors for Socket and decided to include this one instead:
Socket(InetAddress host, int port)

After implementing the InetAddress object I still am no further ahead. 
I can connect using an IP string but not a URL string like:
http://www.mss-webdesign.ca

I've even reduced the string to just www.mss-webdesign.ca
and mss-webdesign.ca

Either way, I'm not connecting with the URL string. 

Perhaps by looking at my SocketOpener class you can see a problem?

Please advise,

Alan

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Class SocketOpener is invoked like so:

Socket connection = SocketOpener.openSocket(internetAddress, portNumber,
timeoutPeriod);

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import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;

public class SocketOpener implements Runnable
{
   private String host;
   private int port;
   private Socket socket;


   public SocketOpener(String aHost, int aPort)
   {
      socket = null;
      host = aHost;
      port = aPort;
   }
   /**
    * This is the method to call to establish a connection with a
timeout parameter.
    * @param A String IP or Web Address, an integer port number, and an
integer timeout value.
    */
   public static Socket openSocket(String aHost, int aPort, int timeout)
   {
      SocketOpener opener = new SocketOpener(aHost, aPort);
      Thread t = new Thread(opener);
      t.start();
      try
      {
         t.join(timeout);
      }
      catch(InterruptedException exception)
      {

      }
      return opener.getSocket();
   }

   /**
    * This class implements Runnable, therefore we must overwrite the
run() method.
    */
   public void run()
   {
      try
      {
         InetAddress address = null;
         address = InetAddress.getByName(host);
         socket = new Socket(host, port);
      }
      catch(IOException exception){}
   }

   /**
    * Get the Socket object.
    * @return Socket
    */
   public Socket getSocket()
   {
      return socket;
   }
}

"John McGrath [TeamB]" wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 10:35:41 -0400, Alan Shiers wrote:
> 
> > I've created a client/server application using a Socket on the
> > client-side.  The constructor I'm using for it is:
> > Socket(String host, int port)
> 
> > So, theoretically, I thought, I should be able to replace now the
> > IP address 192.168.0.196 with the URL: http://www.mss-webdesign.ca
> > on port 5000 and still be able to connect.
> 
> The argument to the Socket constructor is a host name, not a URL or a
> URL string.  The URL specifies a host name, but it also specifies a
> protocol and other information which does not apply.  Your program is
> using an IP socket, but it is not using the protocol "http".
> 
> Try changing the argument to "www.mss-webdesign.ca".
> 
> --
> Regards,
> 
> John McGrath [TeamB]
> 
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"John McGrath [TeamB]" wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 29 Jun 2002 10:35:41 -0400, Alan Shiers wrote:
> 
> > I've created a client/server application using a Socket on the
> > client-side.  The constructor I'm using for it is:
> > Socket(String host, int port)
> 
> > So, theoretically, I thought, I should be able to replace now the
> > IP address 192.168.0.196 with the URL: http://www.mss-webdesign.ca
> > on port 5000 and still be able to connect.
> 
> The argument to the Socket constructor is a host name, not a URL or a
> URL string.  The URL specifies a host name, but it also specifies a
> protocol and other information which does not apply.  Your program is
> using an IP socket, but it is not using the protocol "http".
> 
> Try changing the argument to "www.mss-webdesign.ca".
> 
> --
> Regards,
> 
> John McGrath [TeamB]
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Before sending me e-mail, please read:
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