Command-line demo

Selftest

Before we start running demos, let’s make sure that junixsocket works on the current platform as expected.

junixsocket-dist provides a self-contained jar that performs this selftest:

java -jar junixsocket-selftest-2.4.0-jar-with-dependencies.jar

The last line should say “Selftest PASSED”, and you’re good to go.

If not, please file a bug report with the output of the selftest.

NOTE: On Java 7, you can use the following command for a very basic check:

java -cp junixsocket-common.jar:junixsocket-native-common.jar \
         org.newsclub.net.unix.AFUNIXSocket

Running the demos

Simply run

./run-demos.sh

from the junixsocket-dist-…-bin directory.

You will see a couple of examples on how to invoke the individual demos.

$ ./run-demo.sh 
Syntax: ./run-demo.sh [-m] [-j jar]+ [-- [java opts]*] <classname>

Example:
# Runs the demo server
./run-demo.sh org.newsclub.net.unix.demo.SimpleTestServer
# Runs the demo client
./run-demo.sh org.newsclub.net.unix.demo.SimpleTestClient

# Runs the demo RMI server
./run-demo.sh org.newsclub.net.unix.demo.rmi.SimpleRMIServer
# Runs the demo RMI client
./run-demo.sh org.newsclub.net.unix.demo.rmi.SimpleRMIClient

# Runs the demo server. Replace "(demo)" with the desired demo.
./run-demo.sh -- -Ddemo=(demo) org.newsclub.net.unix.demo.server.AFUNIXSocketServerDemo
# Runs the demo client. Replace "(demo)" with the desired demo, and "(socket)" with the socket to connect to.
./run-demo.sh -- -Ddemo=(demo) -Dsocket=(socket) org.newsclub.net.unix.demo.client.DemoClient

# Runs the MySQL demo
./run-demo.sh -j (path-to-mysql-connector-jar) -- -DmysqlSocket=/tmp/mysql.sock org.newsclub.net.mysql.demo.AFUNIXDatabaseSocketFactoryDemo

# Runs the PostgreSQL demo
./run-demo.sh -j (path-to-postgresql-jar) -- -DsocketPath=/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432 org.newsclub.net.unix.demo.jdbc.PostgresDemo

# Runs the HTTP Server
./run-demo.sh -j (path-to-nanohttpd-jar) -- org.newsclub.net.unix.demo.nanohttpd.NanoHttpdServerDemo

Other flags:
 -m Use the Java module-path instead of the classpath (Java 9 or higher)
 -j <jar> Add the given jar to the beginning of the classpath/modulepath
 -- Separate the run-demo flags from the Java JVM flags

For the server/client demos, you may want to run each part (the server and the client, respectively) in a separate terminal.

Demo server and demo client

The packages org.newsclub.net.unix.demo.server and org.newsclub.net.unix.demo.client contain a series of demos that can be launched using the run-demos.sh script. Be sure to add the correct -Ddemo=... parameter before the classname (and right after the --).

Currently, the following demos exist:

• Server

  • echo: Echoes all input, byte per byte.
  • null: Reads all input, byte per byte, not doing anything else with it.
  • zero: Writes null-bytes, and does not attempt to read anything.
  • chargen: A TCP-style character generator compliant with RFC 864.
  • send-fd: Opens a file and sends its file descriptor via ancillary message.

• Client

  • read: Reads all input, echoing to stdout
  • read-write: Reads all input, echoing to stdout, and sends all data from stdin to the other side.
  • read-fd: Reads the content of any file descriptor sent via ancillary message. The in-band data is ignored.

NOTE: Some demos require additional parameters. These are shown upon invocation, and can be specified as Java system properties (-Dkey=value).