Sun Certification Training Guide (310-025, 310-027): Java™ 2 Programmer and Developer Exams

Chapter Summary

In this chapter, you learned about Java's support of network programming and about the basics of client/server computing and TCP/IP socket programming. You toured the classes of the java.net package and learned how to use them to develop client/server applications. You also learned about the URL-centric classes that support web-based applications.

KEY TERMS Connectionless communication Connection-oriented communication Datagram Internet address IP Socket TCP UDP URL