Java™'s growth over the last five years has been nothing short of phenomenal. Given
Java's rapid rise to prominence and the general interest in networking, it's a little
surprising that network programming in Java is still so mysterious to so many. This
doesn't have to be. In fact, writing network programs in Java is quite simple, as this
book will show. Readers with previous experience in network programming in a Unix,
Windows, or Macintosh environment should be pleasantly surprised at how much
easier it is to write equivalent programs in Java. That's because the Java core API
includes well-designed interfaces to most network features. Indeed, there is very little
application layer network software you can write in C or C++ that you can't write
more easily in Java. Java Network Programming endeavors to show you how to take
advantage of Java's network class library to quickly and easily write programs that
accomplish many common networking tasks. These include:
