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How to write a programme to download from a server
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Hi,
This is one of the classic applications that can be developed using Sockets (java.net.*). U essentially need to write a program that listens to a particular port and runs in the server mode i.e. ServerSocket. On the client side u write a client socket program that will issue appropriate file download message, may be a proprietory protocol, containing the filename.
So in short open a I/O Stream on the client side and send the filename, On the server side try reading the file from a location using FileInputStream. Read these bytes on server and write them to the outputstream of the client socket.
I think this is one of the basic ways to go about it.
Cheers
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Hi kirubakaran ,
Other way, can be ‘Web Server + Servlet’ combination. You can write a servlet that allows user to down load / upload file.
Example of such case can be found in any JSP beginner's book
Cheers,
@bhijit
