public static final void chargenUDP(String host) throws IOException
{
int packets = 50;
byte[] data;
InetAddress address;
CharGenUDPClient client;
address = InetAddress.getByName(host);
client = new CharGenUDPClient();
client.open();
// If we don't receive a return packet within 5 seconds, assume
// the packet is lost.
client.setSoTimeout(5000);
while (packets-- > 0)
{
client.send(address);
try
{
data = client.receive();
}
// Here we catch both SocketException and InterruptedIOException,
// because even though the JDK 1.1 docs claim that
// InterruptedIOException is thrown on a timeout, it seems
// SocketException is also thrown.
catch (SocketException e)
{
// We timed out and assume the packet is lost.
System.err.println("SocketException: Timed out and dropped packet");
continue;
}
catch (InterruptedIOException e)
{
// We timed out and assume the packet is lost.
System.err.println(
"InterruptedIOException: Timed out and dropped packet");
continue;
}
System.out.write(data);
System.out.flush();
}
client.close();
}