With this example we are going to demonstrate how to create a clientSocket in Java.

In short, to create a socket and connect to a remote server you should :

• Define theAddress of the server socket to connect to
• Define the specific port the server process running on the remote socket listens to
• Create a new socket and connect it to a specific port

as shown in the code snippet below.

If the server address exists and there is no connectivity issues between the client and the server machines then after establishing a connection you should be able to transfer any kind of data between them over the socket API provided by the JVM.

package com.javacodegeeks.snippets.core;import java.io.IOException;import java.net.InetAddress;import java.net.Socket;import java.net.UnknownHostException;public class CreateClientSocket {public static void main(String[] args) {try {InetAddress addr = InetAddress.getByName("javacodegeeks.com");    int port = 80;    // Creates a stream socket and connects it to the specified port    // number at the specified IP address. Blocks until the connection succeeds.    Socket socket = new Socket(addr, port);System.out.println("Socket connected...");    }catch (UnknownHostException e) {System.out.println("Host not found: " + e.getMessage());}catch (IOException ioe) {System.out.println("I/O Error " + ioe.getMessage());}}}

This was an example of how to create a Java Socket so as to connect to a server process.

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