[SOLVED] simple server chat program, using InputStream and OutputStream. NullPointerE

[jim478]

Hello, I am new to java, and I am trying this simple server client program using InputStream and OutputStream.
However when I try to run it, i get this NullPointerException on the client-side.

Here is my code:

Server:

package demoClientServer;

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

class server1 {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
      String data = "Toobie ornaught toobie";
      try {
         ServerSocket srvr = new ServerSocket(1234);
         Socket skt = srvr.accept();
         System.out.print("Server has connected!\n");
         OutputStream out = skt.getOutputStream();
         byte[] bt = data.toByteArray();
         System.out.print("Sending string: '" + bt + "'\n");
         out.write(bt);
         out.close();
         skt.close();
         srvr.close();
      }
      catch(Exception e) {
         System.out.print("Whoops! It didn't work!\n");
      }
   }
}

Client:

package demoClientServer;

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

class client1 {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
      try {
         Socket skt = new Socket("localhost", 1234);
         InputStream in = skt.getInputStream();
         System.out.print("Received string: '");
         byte[] bt = null;
         //in.read(bt);
         while (in.read(bt) > 0) {
         System.out.println(bt.toString()); // Read one line and output it
         }
         System.out.print("'\n");
         in.close();
      }
      catch(Exception e) {
          e.printStackTrace();
         System.out.print("Whoops! It didn't work!\n");
      }
   }
}

Being new to Java, I may be missing something,

Thanks in advance,

[Norm]

Please post the full text of the error message.
The error message shows the soruce file line number where the error occured. You could look at that line and see what object is referenced there and perhaps see a reason for it being null.

[jim478]

Hello Norm,

Thanks for replying, I dug a bit more into the error and now its fine.

The following statement was causing it:

byte[] bt = null;

Now its fine, thanks again!