The networking capabilities of the Java platform have been extended considerably since the first edition of the book. This new edition covers version 1.5-1.7, the most current iterations, as well as making the following improvements: The API (application programming interface) reference sections in each chapter, which describe the relevant parts of each class, have been replaced with (i) a summary section that lists the classes and methods used in the code, and (ii) a ?gotchas? section that mentions nonobvious or poorly-documented aspects of the objects. In addition, the book covers several new classes and capabilities introduced in the last few revisions of the Java platform. New abstractions to be covered include NetworkInterface, InterfaceAddress, Inet4/6Address, SocketAddress/InetSocketAddress, Executor, and others; extended access to low-level network information; support for IPv6; more complete access to socket options; and scalable I/O. The example code is also modified to take advantage of new language features such as annotations, enumerations, as well as generics and implicit iterators where appropriate. Most Internet applications use sockets to implement network communication protocols. This book's focused, tutorial-based approach helps the reader master the tasks and techniques essential to virtually all client-server projects using sockets in Java. Chapter 1 provides a genral overview of networking concepts to allow readers to synchronize the concepts with terminology. Chapter 2 introduces the mechanics of simple clients and servers. Chapter 3 covers basic message construction and parsing. Chapter 4 then deals with techniques used to build more robust clients and servers. Chapter 5 (NEW) introduces the scalable interface facilities which were introduced in Java 1.5, including the buffer and channel abstractions. Chapter 6 discusses the relationship between the programming

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Does not cover java 1.4 (NIO) - 2004-07-19
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I will agree with the other reviewers that this is a really well written book.

However, it does not cover using the NIO (java 1.4) networking API which is much faster and more efficient. So this book is very useful if you are still having to write for java 1.3.

But if you are writing for java 1.4 (or 1.5), then it is of almost no value.

The Right Book To Buy - 2003-03-04
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I very much agree with the other reviews on this site. This book hits the meat of using TCP/IP with Java. Some prerequisites for this book are the following topics. I recommend that you get a single book for each topic.

* Basic Java Programming including I/O and Threads
* The TCP/IP protocol suite and TCP/IP networking
* Cryptography (recommended)
* Java Security (recommended)

You will need additional books if you want to hit topics such as these: Java's application-level networking API's, Servlets, JSP, RMI, CORBA. I also recommend this book because it lists references to 22 such supplemental books/documents.

Quick jump start - 2005-04-24
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Practical Guide Series did it again. They put together very consice reference on useful working examples in java. I needed to program quick and dirty program for my class using TCP/IP protocol, and the examples in the book really helped. The only reason I did not give it 5 stars is that the book's site was down the whole day and I could not access any of the code, so I had to type it all out. Otherwise it would be 5 stars.

The book to start with for Java Socket Programming - 2009-07-28
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Don't go by the pages of the book. Its coverage is pretty good(including NIO). It won't make you a guru in the subject, but lay a solid foundation if you aspire to be ! Buy it, you won't regret.

excellent intro - 2008-09-23
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a very nice, intro level book. it starts at the very beginning, but doesn't waste a lot of time; provides the reader with some simple working examples, well explained; and points the way to more sophisticated stuff. perfect.

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