Java custom web server handling incoming TCP client socket requests.
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Create standard ServerSocket loops routing requests.
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
public class HttpServer {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
ServerSocket server = new ServerSocket(9000);
System.out.println("Web server listening on port 9000");
while (true) {
try (Socket socket = server.accept();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
OutputStream out = socket.getOutputStream()) {
String line = in.readLine();
if (line != null) {
System.out.println("Request: " + line);
// Send response headers
out.write("HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\n\r\n".getBytes());
out.write("Hello World from Java Server!".getBytes());
}
}
}
}
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