question: how long would it take

[John Smith]

I am doing some research regarding writing a small webserver in java...

So my question is:

How long would it take to write a small webserver in java, by say some
one who has little experience in java but has a strong programming
background ?

Would it be possible to run this from a Windoze CE ?


Any ideas and links greatly appreciated !

[Yoyoma_2]

Re: question: how long would it take

John Smith wrote:[color=blue]
> I am doing some research regarding writing a small webserver in java...
>
> So my question is:
>
> How long would it take to write a small webserver in java, by say some
> one who has little experience in java but has a strong programming
> background ?
>
> Would it be possible to run this from a Windoze CE ?
>
>
> Any ideas and links greatly appreciated ![/color]


Well depends on what features you want to support. But i see it as
maby, if you don't have the knowledge, as a 50 hr job to have a decent
HTTP 1.1 server going. If you do have experience with parsing and stuff
you might be looking at around 20 hrs...

Thats just my estimate.

[Charles Fineman]

Re: question: how long would it take

As Torsten said, it's pretty simple. Here is a snippet (for illustration
only... you could punch many holes in this :-) It does not parse the
HTTP headers or anything like that, but that's pretty simple.

public class SampleServer
{

public static void main(String[] args)
{
if (args.length != 1)
{
System.err.prin tln(USAGE);
}

int port = -1;

try
{
port = Integer.parseIn t(args[0]);
}
catch (NumberFormatEx ception e)
{
System.err.prin tln(USAGE);
System.exit(1);
}

try
{
ServerSocket ss = new ServerSocket(po rt);
mDispatchThread = new DispatchThread( ss);
mDispatchThread .start();
}
catch (IOException e)
{
DHLLog.getInsta nce().fatal(Sam pleServer.class , "error
setting up socket", e);
}
}

static class DispatchThread
extends Thread
{
DispatchThread( ServerSocket ss)
{
mSS = ss;
}

/* (non-Javadoc)
* @see java.lang.Runna ble#run()
*/
public void run()
{
Socket s = null;
char[] buffer = new char[1024];

do {
try {
s = mSS.accept();
}
catch (IOException e) {
System.err.prin tln("Error while in accept: " +
e.getMessage()) ;
System.exit(1);
}

// REQUEST: s.getInputStrea m()
// RESPONSE: s.getOuputStrea m()
while (true);

}

private boolean mKeepRunning = true;
private ServerSocket mSS;
}

private static final String USAGE = "usage: SampleServer <portNumber>" ;
}





John Smith wrote:
[color=blue]
> I am doing some research regarding writing a small webserver in java...
>
> So my question is:
>
> How long would it take to write a small webserver in java, by say some
> one who has little experience in java but has a strong programming
> background ?
>
> Would it be possible to run this from a Windoze CE ?
>
>
> Any ideas and links greatly appreciated ![/color]