Client - server mesage exchange

Question

hey guys im having trouble with my client/server application.. I can connect the server and client and the server can recieve messages from single clients by using threads but when multiple clients are connected the messages are not "re-transmitted" to them any ideas?!?!? this is the code for my thread:
import java.lang.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
//import ServerEngine;
public class ServerThread extends Thread {
          Date today = new Date();
private ServerEngine serverEngine = null;
private Socket socket = null;
public ServerThread(Socket socket) {
super("ServerThread");
this.serverEngine = new ServerEngine();
this.socket = socket;
System.out.println (today);
public void run() {
BufferedReader inStream;
PrintWriter outStream;
String request, response = "";
System.out.println("ServerThread: starting on port " + socket.getLocalPort());
try {
inStream = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
outStream = new PrintWriter(socket.getOutputStream(), true);
request = inStream.readLine();
while ((request != null) && (response != null)) {
response = serverEngine.transact(request);
if (response != null) {
                              System.out.println(socket.getInetAddress() + " @ " + today + " : " + response);//The clients IP address and the time is recoreded and printed on the Server screen
outStream.println(response);
request = inStream.readLine();
outStream.close(); inStream.close(); socket.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("Connection Lost");
}

Answer 1

Use code tags when you post code.
I don't believe you posted enough code.
Your description is a little vague. A message has a source and a destination. That is true whether the client sends to the server or the server sends to the client. Your description doesn't make it clear what does happen and what you expect to happen after the client sends to the server.