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Make a SOCKET connection from a J2ME Program

This J2ME sample program shows how to how to make a SOCKET Connection from a J2ME Phone.

Many a times there is a need to connect theto a backend HTTP server from the J2ME application. This free J2ME sample program for example shows how to make a SOCKET connection from the phone to port 80 of  http://www.java-samples.com website and retrieve the contents of index.htm file. 

/*
 * 
 * This is a free J2ME sample program 
 * SOCKET CONNECTION from J2ME phone to a HTTP Server
 *
 * @author William Alexander
 * free for use as long as this comment is included
 *  in the program as it is
 * 
 * More Free Java programs available for download 
 * at http://www.java-samples.com
 *
 */

import javax.microedition.midlet.*;
import javax.microedition.io.*;
import javax.microedition.lcdui.*;
import java.io.*;
 
public class socket extends MIDlet {
  // StreamConnection allows bidirectional communication
  private StreamConnection streamConnection = null;
  
  // use OutputStream to send requests
  private OutputStream outputStream = null;
  private DataOutputStream dataOutputStream = null;
  
  // use InputStream to receive responses from Web server
  private InputStream inputStream = null;
  private DataInputStream dataInputStream = null;
  
  // specify the connect string
  private String connectString = "socket://www.java-samples.com:80";
  
  // use a StrignBuffer to store the retrieved page contents
  private StringBuffer results;
  
  // define GUI components
  private Display myDisplay = null;
  private Form resultScreen;
  private StringItem resultField;
  
  public socket() {
    // initializing GUI display
    results = new StringBuffer();
    myDisplay = Display.getDisplay(this);
    resultScreen = new Form("Page Content:");
  }
  
  public void startApp() {
    try {
      // establish a socket connection with remote server
      streamConnection =
      (StreamConnection) Connector.open(connectString);
      
      // create DataOuputStream on top of the socket connection
      outputStream = streamConnection.openOutputStream();
      dataOutputStream = new DataOutputStream(outputStream);
      
      // send the HTTP request
      dataOutputStream.writeChars("GET /index.htm HTTP/1.0 \n");
      dataOutputStream.flush();
      
      // create DataInputStream on top of the socket connection
      inputStream = streamConnection.openInputStream();
      dataInputStream = new DataInputStream(inputStream);
      
      // retrieve the contents of the requested page from Web server
      int inputChar;
      while ( (inputChar = dataInputStream.read()) != -1) {
        results.append((char) inputChar);
      }
      
      // display the page contents on the phone screen
      resultField = new StringItem(null, results.toString());
      resultScreen.append(resultField);
      myDisplay.setCurrent(resultScreen);
      
    } catch (IOException e) {
      System.err.println("Exception caught:" + e);
    } finally {
      // free up I/O streams and close the socket connection
      try {
        if (dataInputStream != null)
          dataInputStream.close();
      } catch (Exception ignored) {}
      try {
        if (dataOutputStream != null)
          dataOutputStream.close();
      } catch (Exception ignored) {}
      try {
        if (outputStream != null)
          outputStream.close();
      } catch (Exception ignored) {}
      try {
        if (inputStream != null)
          inputStream.close();
      } catch (Exception ignored) {}
      try {
        if (streamConnection != null)
          streamConnection.close();
      } catch (Exception ignored) {}
    }
  }
  
  public void pauseApp() {
  }
  
  public void destroyApp(boolean unconditional) {
  }
}

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