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Thread: General help with servlets

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    Default General help with servlets

    Hi all,
    I am trying to deploy an android application that connects to a java server. I am doing an apointments system, so the client asks for an apointments with a specific office/doctor.
    What i did, was to create a java server, using object for the offices, and via sockets it communicates with the android client.

    The problem is that when i tried to use my (very demo still) app on my phone and sent it to some friends for testing, i coulnt find a way to have my server on the internet.
    So I changed to (or trying to) servlet. But i have no idea how to do a client server application with servlets. All tutorials i have seen are more on website clients, but thats not what i need.

    Can someone help me on this one pls?

    thanks alot, ilias


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    Default Re: General help with servlets

    i coulnt find a way to have my server on the internet.
    Using servlets won't help other devices to connect to your server where the servlets are hosted.
    Can you use your PC for a server by using its IP address? The problems will be getting through the router and past the firewall.

    For local testing using an IP address that starts with 192.168 you might be able to do it on WiFi.
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    Default Re: General help with servlets

    I would like to sent it to friends for testing, so local ip is out of the question,
    I think that my router is too cheap, and probable it blocks ddns. I tried to use them i was getting a connection error.

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    Using servlets won't help other devices to connect to your server where the servlets are hosted.
    What do you mean by that?
    that i cant use servlet to comunicate with clients? Or that i cant use servlet to communicate with my server. I guess the later can not be done, and i will have to rewrite everything for the servlet.

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    Default Re: General help with servlets

    What do you mean by that?
    I was referring to java servlets which run on a server. The name of the servlet to use is passed in the URL to the HTTP server which passes the URL and any data to the servlet.

    Some routers can be configured to pass incoming requests to one of the computers on the LAN.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Norm View Post
    Some routers can be configured to pass incoming requests to one of the computers on the LAN.
    I finally managed that!!!
    At least i can do some proper testing now. but still if i want to put my app out there, i will need some kind of server. I will have to look into that.

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