kamchy/chat11

Simple java chat application.

What is it?

Simple chat application with minimum dependencies written in pure Java. Several types of a client program can be created:

• [done] console client (reads from stdin/writes to stdout)
• [done] window client (using Swing)
• [done] text client

TODO

1. allow username changes
2. personal messages/ chatrooms

USAGE

1. Build the app using

mvn clean package

1. Run the app. To get help, you can call the jar with -h option:

java -jar target/chat11.jar -h

which would print following message:

  Usage: [one of]
  java -jar chat11.jar -h                         prints this message
  java -jar chat11.jar -s [port]                  stars server on port (deault: 8881)
  java -jar chat11.jar -c host port username      starts console client that connects to host on port as username
  java -jar chat11.jar -cc host port username     starts curses console client that connects to host on port as username
  java -jar chat11.jar -cg host port username     starts swing gui client that connects to host on port as username

Three clients in action: