Client Connect to Self

[saber210]

Im just wondering if a client can be a host and a same time also.

I got a 2 player board game. Its 100% working on 2 players via LAN..

Now I just want to improve it and write some AI for 1 Players also, but my problem is that my code is only for 2 players because every activity is being send to the client..

Now my question how can i make PROGRAM A to connect to PROGRAM A also using the 127.0.0.1 IP address?

Heres the code of my socket:

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import javax.swing.JTextField;

public class Socketmaster
        implements Runnable
{

        InetAddress address;
        private ServerSocket serverObject;
        private Socket socketObject;
        private String strLine;
        private BufferedReader inBuffer;
        private PrintWriter outBuffer;
        private JTextField inTextField;
        private String strServerIP;
        private String strInText;
        private int intSocket;
        private boolean blnConnected;
        private boolean blnServerMode;

        Socketmaster(JTextField jtextfield, int i)
        {
        address = null;
        serverObject = null;
        socketObject = null;
        strLine = "";
        inBuffer = null;
        outBuffer = null;
        strServerIP = "";
        strInText = "";
        intSocket = 0;
        blnConnected = false;
        blnServerMode = true;
        blnServerMode = true;
        inTextField = jtextfield;
        strServerIP = "";
        intSocket = i;
        }

        Socketmaster(JTextField jtextfield, String s, int i)
        {
        address = null;
        serverObject = null;
        socketObject = null;
        strLine = "";
        inBuffer = null;
        outBuffer = null;
        strServerIP = "";
        strInText = "";
        intSocket = 0;
        blnConnected = false;
        blnServerMode = true;
        InetAddress inetaddress = null;
        try
        {
                inetaddress = InetAddress.getByName(s);
        }
        catch(UnknownHostException unknownhostexception)
        {
                System.out.println("Host Name does not exist");
                System.exit(1);
                return;
        }
        blnServerMode = false;
        inTextField = jtextfield;
        strServerIP = inetaddress.getHostAddress();
        intSocket = i;
        }

        public void setString(String s)
        {
        strInText = s;
        }

        public void run()
        {
        if(blnServerMode)
        {
                try
                {
                serverObject = new ServerSocket(intSocket);
                }
                catch(IOException ioexception)
                {
                System.out.println("Could not listen on port: " + intSocket);
                System.exit(-1);
                }
                while(!blnConnected)
                {
                System.out.println("Listening for client");
                try
                {
                        socketObject = serverObject.accept();
                        blnConnected = true;
                }
                catch(IOException ioexception1)
                {
                        System.out.println("Accept failed: " + intSocket);
                        System.exit(-1);
                }
                }
                try
                {
                inBuffer = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socketObject.getInputStream()));
                outBuffer = new PrintWriter(socketObject.getOutputStream(), true);
                }
                catch(IOException ioexception2)
                {
                System.out.println("in or out failed");
                System.exit(-1);
                }
        } else
        {
                System.out.println("Connecting to server");
                try
                {
                socketObject = new Socket(strServerIP, intSocket);
                outBuffer = new PrintWriter(socketObject.getOutputStream(), true);
                inBuffer = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socketObject.getInputStream()));
                }
                catch(UnknownHostException unknownhostexception)
                {
                System.out.println("Unknown host");
                System.exit(1);
                }
                catch(IOException ioexception3)
                {
                System.out.println("No I/O");
                System.exit(1);
                }
        }

        System.out.println("Connected.  Waiting for message...");
        do
        {
                try
                {
                do
                {
                        while(strLine != null)
                        {
                        strLine = inBuffer.readLine();
                        System.out.println("Recieving Message: " + strLine);
                        strInText = strLine;
                        inTextField.setText(strLine);
                        inTextField.postActionEvent();
                        }
                        System.exit(-1);
                } while(true);
                }
                catch(IOException ioexception4)
                {
                System.out.println("Read failed");
                }
                System.exit(-1);
        } while(true);
        }

        public boolean GetConnect()
        {
        return blnConnected;
        }

        public void sendText(String s)
        {
        if(inBuffer != null && outBuffer != null)
        {
                System.out.println("Sending Message: " + s);
                outBuffer.println(s);
        }
        }

        public String getText()
        {
        return strInText;
        }
}

HOPE you can help me..

Thanks!

[kjkrum]

If it's already working for two players, it seems like it would be very simple to implement an AI opponent. (Well, the AI itself might not be simple, but the networking part should be.) Open a port on the server as if you were waiting for another human opponent, but then launch the AI client in a thread that connects to the port and plays with you.

[saber210]

Another question? How can I enabled 2 players via internet? Is there any way?

[Norm]

How can I enabled 2 players via internet

Can you explain what you want to happen? Describe what you want if a player starts his program and then another player starts his program. What should happen?
Do you have a server at a fixed IP address that the players can connect to?
Or do all of the players know each others IP addresses?

[saber210]

If a player starts the program.. He can choose if he wants to be a host or a client. If he wants to be a host the program will wait to the client program.. If the player choose client it will ask for IP address of the server..

Now my question, is this possible to connect to the internet? I dont have server but i have domain and shared hosting..

[Norm]

is this possible to connect to the internet?

I still do not understand what you mean by "connect to the internet"?
Do you mean you want a dedicated server that lives at an IP address that any player can connect to?
The way you described your code must mean that it works on the internet. One player starts his program and chooses to be server. The other player starts his program as a client. The client program must have the internet IP address of the server.