Run Webserver in Java – Source Code

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Here is some sample Java code that demonstrates how to create and run a simple web server:

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;

public class WebServer {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
// Set the port number
int port = 8080;

// Establish the listen socket
ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(port);

// Process HTTP service requests in an infinite loop
while (true) {
// Listen for a TCP connection request
Socket connectionSocket = serverSocket.accept();

// Construct an object to process the HTTP request message
HttpRequest request = new HttpRequest(connectionSocket);

// Create a new thread to process the request
Thread thread = new Thread(request);

// Start the thread
thread.start();
}
}
}

final class HttpRequest implements Runnable {
final static String CRLF = “\r\n”;
Socket socket;

// Constructor
public HttpRequest(Socket socket) throws Exception {
this.socket = socket;
}

// Implement the run() method of the Runnable interface
public void run() {
try {
processRequest();
}
catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e);
}
}

private void processRequest() throws Exception {
// Get a reference to the socket’s input and output streams
InputStream is = socket.getInputStream();
DataOutputStream os = new DataOutputStream(socket.getOutputStream());

// Set up input stream filters
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(is));

// Get the request line of the HTTP request message
String requestLine = br.readLine();

// Extract the filename from the request line
String[] requestTokens = requestLine.split(
” “);
String fileName = requestTokens[1];

// Prepend a “.” so that file request is within the current directory.
fileName =
“.” + fileName;

// Open the requested file.
FileInputStream fis = null;
boolean fileExists = true;
try {
fis =
new FileInputStream(fileName);
}
catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
fileExists =
false;
}

// Construct the response message
String statusLine = null;
String contentTypeLine = null;
String entityBody = null;
if (fileExists) {
statusLine =
“HTTP/1.0 200 OK” + CRLF;
contentTypeLine =
“Content-type: “ +
contentType(fileName) + CRLF;
}
else {
statusLine =
“HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found” + CRLF;
contentTypeLine =
“Content-type: text/html” + CRLF;
entityBody =
“<HTML>” +
“<HEAD><TITLE>Not Found</TITLE></HEAD>” +
“<BODY>Not Found</BODY></HTML>”;
}

// Send the status line
os.writeBytes(statusLine);

// Send the content type line
os.writeBytes(contentTypeLine);

// Send

// Send the entity body if (fileExists) { sendBytes(fis, os); fis.close(); } else { os.writeBytes(entityBody); } // Close streams and socket os.close(); br.close(); socket.close(); } private static void sendBytes(FileInputStream fis, OutputStream os) throws Exception { // Construct a 1K buffer to hold bytes on their way to the socket. byte[] buffer = new byte[1024]; int bytes = 0; // Copy requested file into the socket’s output stream. while((bytes = fis.read(buffer)) != –1 ) { os.write(buffer, 0, bytes); } } private static String contentType(String fileName) { if(fileName.endsWith(“.htm”) || fileName.endsWith(“.html”)) { return “text/html“; } if(fileName.endsWith(“.jpg”) || fileName.endsWith(“.jpeg”)) { return “image/jpeg”; } if(fileName.endsWith(“.gif”)) { return “image/gif”; } return “application/octet-stream”; }

}

This code creates a simple web server that listens for HTTP requests on port 8080. When it receives a request, it responds with the requested file if it exists, or a “404 Not Found” error message if the file does not exist. The code uses the `java.net` and `java.io` packages to handle networking and input/output tasks. To use this code, you will need to compile it and then run the `WebServer` class.

The web server will then start listening for requests on port 8080. You can test the server by opening a web browser and navigating to `http://localhost:8080/` followed by the name of a file in the current directory. For example, if you have a file called `index.html` in the current directory, you can access it by navigating to `http://localhost:8080/index.html` in your web browser.

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