How to run my jar file on a webserver

Question

hello everybody,
I've created a chat aplication which consists of a client-side and server-side. The client-side is an applet and is working fine. But i'm getting problem with the server-side. Actually, it is working fine on my local system and even in a local area network. But now, i want to put the server-side on a webserver. So, i want to know how can i do that. My server-side is a jar file "chatserver.jar" which i've developed using frame containers. I want to know also how to run the chatserver.jar on the webserver. Is it that i should have implemented jsp? Or javascript? coz my chatserver must be always running 24/7. It must not be available to user. users will chat through applets and the data will be sent to the server-side which will in turn control and recognise those data. Can anyone please help me in that issue.

Answer 1

that was very kind of u for replying to me. thanks a lot. Well, the web software i'm running is nothing soo great but it's simply a chat server side application. In this application, i'm using a thread where my datagram socket will keep on receiving data from clients and this server side apllication must response to the client. For example, if a client has added a new room, or a new user has logged in, the server side must take care to inform all other clients that a new user has just logged in or a new room has been created. The main method is in the "chatserver.class". Then, i've combined all my classes including the chatserver.class into a jar file. When i click on the jar file on my local system or on the server of a local area network, it works beautifully. So, my server side application works like that. I have to click on the chatserver.jar once and nothing else. No other interaction with the applicaion. But my problem is how to run it on a web-server like apache. Or even if i upload this software on a website, how do i make it run? Shall i implement jsp codes? If yes, how to execute such jar file using jsp?
here are part of the codes where my datagramsocket is receiving message from clients:
public void run()
     while(thread!=null)
          byte[] recbuf=new byte[65536];
          recpacket=new DatagramPacket(recbuf,recbuf.length);
          try{
               servsocket.receive(recpacket);
               if(servsocket==null)
     byte[] bt=recpacket.getData();
     String recvmess = new String(bt, 0, recpacket.getLength());
     InetAddress clientaddress=recpacket.getAddress();
     int clientport=recpacket.getPort();
     chatcom=new chatcom(this,clientaddress,clientport,recvmess);
     try{
          thread.sleep(10);     
     catch(InterruptedException _INExc)      
chatcom is another class which i've created to differentiate if the data received is a message, new room, new user, etc... I've created my own RFC to make those differences. Like i said above, if a client has created a new room, the chatcom class will recognise that a new room has to be created and will therefore send the new room created to all other clients. So, i want to know how to get my "chatserver.jar" run on a web server like apache or even on a website if i want to upload this software. Coz once it starts running, i dnt hav to close the application. I mean to say that this application will have to run 24/7. Do i have to execute it externally using jsp codes? Is there any way to get my application run on a webserver?