Sample client

import java.io.IOException; import java.io.PrintStream; import java.net.Socket; import java.util.Scanner; public class Client { public static void main(String args[]) throws IOException { String question, answer, username, exit_line="/exit"; Scanner in = new Scanner (System.in); Socket socket = new Socket("127.0.0.1",1742); Scanner sockIn = new Scanner(socket.getInputStream()); PrintStream sockOut = new PrintStream(socket.getOutputStream()); System.out.print("Username: "); username = in.nextLine(); sockOut.println(username+"\n"); answer = sockIn.nextLine(); System.out.println(answer); do{ question=in.nextLine(); sockOut.println(username+": "+question+"\n"); answer=sockIn.nextLine(); System.out.println(answer); }while (!(question.equals(exit_line))); socket.close(); } }