Chapter 23. Communications and Networking

In this chapter

Overview of Network Communications

TCP/IP Architecture

Working with Sockets

Compressing Data When Using Sockets

Sending Objects Across the Network Using Sockets

Obtaining Hostname and IP Address Information

User Datagram Protocol (UDP)

World Wide Web Overview

Understanding the Request/Response Scenario

Using the URL Classes

An Example: Bulding a World Wide Web Graph

HTTP and SSL

Java Secure Socket Extension Package Overview

Troubleshooting