Write a JAVA program that would facilitate text chatting/exchanging between two or multiple computers over the network/internet, using the concept of JAVA socket programming.

Write a JAVA program that would facilitate text chatting/exchanging between two or multiple computers over the network/internet, using the concept of JAVA socket programming. If you do not have any network environment, you can run on a single machine by instantiating your program multiple times. E.g. you can have program1 and program 2 running on same machine exchanging texts between themselves.

Rationale

This assignment is designed to asses following learning outcomes:

be able to write programs that would communicate with another program running in the network;
be able to deconstruct/analyse the object-oriented features of a Java program;

Marking criteria

Items

Full marks

PS

CR (CR+)

DI (CR+)

HD (DI+)

Presentation

10

Very basic presentation

(no screen shots are

included)

Report with few screen shots is submitted

Report with enough screen shots is submitted

Report with enough screen shots is submitted. The discussion on each screen shot is easy to read and understand.

Graphical User Interface

20

Interfaces for ithe clients/servers are not done properly

Interfaces for the clients/servers are done properly with necessary components.

Texts being exchanged between both parties

30

Partially done. E.g. the socket is created but other parts are not working

Connection established but texts are not exchanged

Connection established and texts are being exchanged both way

Working perfectly and the interface is user friendly

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