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Networking

Networking in Java.

Networking is provide communication between computer systems or devices and provide ability to exchange data between them. The java.net package provides an object-oriented framework for the creation and use of Internet Protocol (IP) sockets.
The Java Networking API (java.net package) provides the interfaces/classes for the following functions:-

•  Addressing- It is represent the IP address, which is either a 32- or 128-bit unsigned number used by IP. Package java.net provides the following addressing-related classes:
   
  • InetAddress-.
  • Inet4Address-
  • Inet6Address-
  • SocketAddress-
  • InetSocketAddress-
     
• Making Transfer TCP connections- TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) is a connection-based protocol that provides a reliable flow of data between two computers.
  These classes are related to making normal TCP connections:
   
  • ServerSocket
  • Socket
     
• Sending/Receiving Datagram Packets via UDP-  UDP (User Datagram Protocol) is a protocol that sends independent packets of data, called datagrams, from one computer to another with no guarantees about arrival. UDP is not connection-based like TCP so many firewalls and routers have been configured not to allow UDP packets.The following are related to sending and receiving datagram packets via UDP.
   
  • DatagramPacket
  • DatagramSocket
     
•  Locating/Identifying Network Resources-  These classes are related to locating or identifying network resources:
   
  • URI 
  • URLClassLoader
  • URLConnection
  • URLStreamHandler
  • HttpURLConnection
  • JarURLConnection
     
• Security-Security includes authentication- and permissions-related classes:
   
  • Authentication- Authentication of a user may be required in a number of situations, such as when a user tries to access a URL.
     
    • Authenticator- The abstract class Authenticator has methods for authenticating a network connection.
    • PasswordAuthentication-  PasswordAuthentication is simply a data holder for a user name and a password.
       
  • Permissions- Permissions relate to what actions may be performed.
     
    • SocketPermission-  A SocketPermission consists of a host, with optional port range, and a set of actions that may be performed on that host—connect, accept, listen and/or resolve
    • NetPermission- NetPermission is a class for various named network permission