example/Client.java (33 lines of code) (raw):

import java.io.IOException; import java.io.ObjectInputStream; import java.io.ObjectOutputStream; import java.net.Socket; import java.util.Objects; class Client { public static void send(String host, int port, String message) { try (Socket sock = new Socket(host, port)) { ObjectOutputStream outStream = new ObjectOutputStream(sock.getOutputStream()); outStream.writeObject(message); System.out.println("Sent message " + message); ObjectInputStream inputStream = new ObjectInputStream(sock.getInputStream()); String echo = (String) inputStream.readObject(); System.out.println("Received message " + echo); } catch (IOException | ClassNotFoundException e) { e.printStackTrace(); throw new IllegalStateException(e); } } public static void main(String[] args) { String addr = args[0]; int port = Integer.parseInt(args[1].trim()); String message = args[2]; Objects.requireNonNull(addr, message); while (true) { send(addr, port, message); try { Thread.sleep(1000); } catch (InterruptedException e) { } } } }