I have a server - client java code and the server part has to be written in c. The first part of the code (server side) is to receive multicast message from the client and then connect to client with a tcp connection and send some message. With my c code I can receive the multicast message from the client but when I try to make a tcp connection to send a message I get an error. The c server can not make a tcp connection with the java client. I get the the error at connect() call in c program, it says connection refused (connection = providerSocket.accept() in ClientTCPResponseProvider.java should accept the connection from connect())
I am posting both the codes below. If you can find the problem please let me know. Thanks.

IPMulticastDiscoveryClient.java Client code

package org.postgresql.discovery;
import java.net.DatagramPacket;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.MulticastSocket;
import org.postgresql.discovery.ClientTCPResponseProvider;
/**
 
* A feature for detecting remote service addresses (IPs) via IP Multicast.
 
* 
 
* Each service must first bind itself with the help of the IPMulticastDiscovery Server
 
* and is identified with a unique name.
 
* 
* 
 
*
 
*/
 
 public class IPMulticastDiscoveryClient {
private static String myIp = null;
 
public IPMulticastDiscoveryClient(){
 
}
 
/**
 
 * Locates a bound service with a unique name via IPMulticast
 
 * 
 
 * @param service unique name of the service
 
 * @return the IP address of the service as String
 
 * @throws Exception
 
 */
 
public String getIpForService(String service, String host) throws Exception{
 
    //CloudCacheLogger.info("Looking for service: " + service);
 
    // 1. open a response channel
 
    ClientTCPResponseProvider response = new ClientTCPResponseProvider(service);
 
    // 2. multicast request
 
    sendJoinCluster(service, host);
 
    // 3. collect response
 
    //if(response.getFinalResult() == null){
 
 
 
    //}
 
    try {
 
        Thread.sleep(1000);
 
    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
 
        e.printStackTrace();
 
    }
 
 
 
    String result = response.getFinalResult();
 
    //myIp = result.split(";")[1];
 
    //result = result.split(";")[0];
 
 
 
    // 4. close the response channel
 
    response.destroy();
 
    // 5. check
 
    if(result == null){
 
        throw new Exception("Could not discover service: " + service);
 
    } else {
 
        //CloudCacheLogger.info("found service: " + service + " at " + result);
 
        return result;
 
    }
 
}
 
 
 
/**
 
 * Uses a remote service to discover the local, external IP address
 
 * 
 
 * @param service unique name of a remote service
 
 * @return the local, external ip address
 
 * @throws Exception
 
 */
 
public String getMyIpFromService(String service) throws Exception{
 
    if(myIp != null)
 
        return myIp;
 
    else throw new Exception("could not determine local ip");
 
}
 
 
 
private static void sendJoinCluster(String message, String host){
 
    try {
 
        System.out.println("\nIn sendJoinCluster");
 
        InetAddress group = InetAddress.getByName(host);
 
        MulticastSocket s = new MulticastSocket(9876);
 
        s.joinGroup(group);
 
        DatagramPacket hi = new DatagramPacket(message.getBytes(), message.length(),group, 6789);
 
        s.send(hi);
 
        s.leaveGroup(group);
 
        s.close();
 
 
 
    } catch (Exception e){
 
        e.printStackTrace();
 
    }
 
}
 
 
 
public static void main (String args[]) throws Exception {
 
    IPMulticastDiscoveryClient client = new IPMulticastDiscoveryClient();
 
    String result = client.getIpForService("FindIP", "228.5.6.7");
 
    System.out.println(result);
 
}
 
}

ClientTCPResponseProvider.java


package org.postgresql.discovery;
 
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.net.ServerSocket;
import java.net.Socket;
 
/**
* Offers a socket for receiving repsonses from remote services. Once the client 
sent  a location
* request, it waits for messages to arrive on this Socket.
* 
* 
*
*/
public class ClientTCPResponseProvider {
 
private ServerSocket providerSocket;
private Socket connection = null;
private ObjectOutputStream out;
private ObjectInputStream in;
 
private boolean endConnection = false;
 
private String keyword = null;
private String finalResult = "";
 
public ClientTCPResponseProvider(String keyword){
    System.out.println("\nIn ClientTCPResponseProvider");
    this.keyword = keyword;
    Thread t = new Thread(new ThreadedProvider());
    t.start();
}
 
public void destroy(){
    endConnection = true;
    try {
        providerSocket.close();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}
 
void goConnect(){
    try{
        System.out.println("\nIn goConnect.");
        //1. creating a server socket
        providerSocket = new ServerSocket(8888);
        //2. Wait for connection
 
        Object message = null;
 
        long timeout = 1000;
        long initTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
        do{
            //System.out.println("Waiting for connection...");
            connection = providerSocket.accept();
            //System.out.println("Connection received from " + connection.getInetAddress().getHostName());
            //3. get Input and Output streams
            out = new ObjectOutputStream(connection.getOutputStream());
            out.flush();
            in = new ObjectInputStream(connection.getInputStream());
            //4. The two parts communicate via the input and output streams
            try{
                message = in.readObject();
                String response = (String)message;
                //System.out.println("received: " + response);
                if(response.startsWith(keyword) && response.split(":")[0].equals(keyword)){
                    finalResult += connection.getInetAddress().getHostAddress()+";";
                    System.out.println(" IVAN " +finalResult);
                    //finalResult += connection.getLocalAddress().getHostAddress()+ ";";
                    //endConnection = true;
                }
            }
            catch(ClassNotFoundException classnot){
                System.err.println("Data received in unknown format");
            }
            in.close();
            out.close();
            connection.close();
        } while(System.currentTimeMillis()-initTime < timeout);
        providerSocket.close();
    }
    catch(IOException ioException){
        ioException.printStackTrace();
    }
}
 
private class ThreadedProvider implements Runnable{
    //@Override
    public void run() {
        goConnect();    
    }
}
 
public String getFinalResult() {
    return finalResult;
}
}

Server code in C


#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <pthread.h>
 
void *listenToClient();
char *trim(char *str);
void sendMessageToClient(char *ip, int port, char *message);
 
#define HELLO_PORT 6789
#define HELLO_GROUP "228.5.6.7"
#define MSGBUFSIZE 256
char *ClientIP = "192.168.164.138";
char *HostIP = "192.168.164.138";
int isRunning = 1;
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{   
pthread_t thread;
int th;
th = pthread_create( &thread, NULL, listenToClient, NULL);
pthread_join( thread, NULL);    
exit(0);
}
 
 void *listenToClient(){
 struct sockaddr_in addr;
 int fd, nbytes,addrlen;
 struct ip_mreq mreq;
 char msgbuf[MSGBUFSIZE];
 
 u_int yes=1;                
 
 /* create what looks like an ordinary UDP socket */
 if ((fd=socket(AF_INET,SOCK_DGRAM,0)) < 0) {
  perror("socket");
  exit(1);
 }
 
/* allow multiple sockets to use the same PORT number */
if (setsockopt(fd,SOL_SOCKET,SO_REUSEADDR,&yes,sizeof(yes)) < 0) {
   perror("Reusing ADDR failed");
   exit(1);
   }
 
 /* set up destination address */
 memset(&addr,0,sizeof(addr));
 addr.sin_family=AF_INET;
 addr.sin_addr.s_addr=htonl(INADDR_ANY); 
 addr.sin_port=htons(HELLO_PORT);
 
 /* bind to receive address */
 if (bind(fd,(struct sockaddr *) &addr,sizeof(addr)) < 0) {
  perror("bind");
  exit(1);
 }
 
 /* use setsockopt() to request that the kernel join a multicast group */
 mreq.imr_multiaddr.s_addr=inet_addr(HELLO_GROUP);
 mreq.imr_interface.s_addr=htonl(INADDR_ANY);
 
 if (setsockopt(fd,IPPROTO_IP,IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP,&mreq,sizeof(mreq)) < 0) {
  perror("setsockopt");
  exit(1);
     }
 
do {     
  addrlen=sizeof(addr);
  if ((nbytes=recvfrom(fd,msgbuf,MSGBUFSIZE,0,(struct sockaddr *) &addr,&addrlen)) < 0) {
       perror("recvfrom");
       exit(1);
  }
  puts(msgbuf);
      char message[] = "FindIP:192.168.164.138 (Some IP)\n");    
  printf("\nSending Message To Client: %s\n", message);
      sendMessageToClient(ClientIP, 8888, message);
}while(isRunning==1);
close(fd);
}
 
  /**Sends the messages to the remote machine
  * ip = Address of the machine where message has to sent
  * port = port used for sending the message
  * message= string message
  *
  */
  void sendMessageToClient(char *ip, int port, char *message) {
int sockfd, portno, n;
struct sockaddr_in serv_addr;
struct hostent *server;
 
char buffer[256];
 
portno = port;
sockfd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
if (sockfd < 0)
    error("ERROR opening socket");
server = gethostbyname(ip);
if (server == NULL) {
    fprintf(stderr, "ERROR, no such host\n");
    exit(0);
}
bzero((char *) &serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr));
serv_addr.sin_family = AF_INET;
bcopy((char *) server->h_addr, (char *) &serv_addr.sin_addr.s_addr,
        server->h_length);
serv_addr.sin_port = htons(portno);
if (connect(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *) &serv_addr, sizeof(serv_addr)) < 0)
    error("ERROR connecting");
bzero(buffer, 256);
strcpy(buffer,message);
 
n = send(sockfd, buffer, strlen(buffer), 0);
if (n < 0)
    error("ERROR writing to socket");
bzero(buffer, 256);
close(sockfd);
return 0;
    }