This project illustrates basic concepts of client-server network programming.

The project consists of 3 modules:

• chat-proxy-shared, with common data classes used on the client and the server.
• chat-proxy-server: Server for the chat service. This may be incorrectly named "proxy" as is no real proxy. It just accepts new clients, and when 2 peers want to communicate it will pipe their input/output.
• chat-proxy-client: A small Swing app to communicate with the server.

You need to run first the chat-proxy-server, then start the chat-proxy-client with the server's IP address as argument. Once you have 2 clients running, in one of them enter the other peer´s ip address and press "Start Chat with IP Addr". This will initiate a connection, then enter text in the input text and press "Send". You should see your text in the other client's screen.

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Released under the MIT Licence.