+Network_Chat_Room +================= + +1:N Server-Client ChatRoom using multi-threading + +/**

• • This GUI program models a client in a Server-client architechture based chatting service.
• • To use this tool, please follow the instructions as follows:
• • 1. start the ChatServer program on the server host.
• • USAGE: java ChatServer port user

• •       optional command line arguments:
    

• •           [port]: the port number to listen and accept the incoming connection request, 8000 by default.
    

• •           [user]: the user using the chatting server, "anonymous_user" by default.
    

• • 2. start the ChatClient program on the client host.
• • USAGE: java ChatClient serverHost serverPort user

• •       optional command line arguments:
    

• •           [serverHost]: the IP or host name of the server to be connected to, "localhost" by default.
    

• •           [serverPort]: the port number the server is listening to, 8000 by default.
    

• •           [user]: the user using the chatting client, "anonymous_user" by default.
    

• • 3. Once the two parts are set up, the two users can send message to each other. The chatting history are also
• • displayed in the text area below the message typing box.
• • NOTE: The client will fail to connect if the server is not turned on or wrong server host and port number are given.
• *@author: Yu Jin
• */