Exiting a server loop

Question

hi guys,
does anyone know the correct way to exit a server loop, at the moment i have ....
while(!SrvInput.getEndProgStatus()){          
sk = skt.accept();
System.out.println("Accepting new client connection");
serverThread st = new serverThread(sk, conn);
st.start();
this just loops around creating a new thread for every client that connects, i have a class SrvInput which reads input from the console so if the user types "quit" the end prog status flag is set to true and the server exits.
the problem is that for it to exit i need one more person to connect since it blocks on the accept call.
Does anyone know how i can sort this out
thanks for any help

Answer 1

Hi.
I'm trying to solve the same problem. I solve it, sending myself a Socket conection and then existing the while code like this:
    public void run()
        while (!isFinish())
            try
                System.out.println("Waiting for connections.");
                Socket client = serverSocket.accept();
                if (!isFinish())
                    System.out.println("Accepted a connection from: "+client.getInetAddress());
                    LocationThread connect = new LocationThread(client);
            }catch(Exception e)
                System.out.println(e.getMessage());
                e.printStackTrace();
        try
            System.out.println("Server exiting");
            join(); // remove  join(), this a test.....
            serverSocket.close();
            System.out.println("Server has exit");
        }catch(Exception e)
            System.out.println("Error al cerrar el Socket");
    }This code belongs to the server side.
I do this, in a Button in a GUI interface.
        try{
            location.setFinish(true);
            Socket s = new Socket(InetAddress.getLocalHost(),Integer.parseInt(result));
        }catch(Exception e)
            System.out.println("Error al tratar de terminar el servidor");
        }But I have a problem, I want my server to wait for their childs to finish, How can I do it?.
a Join() , do the server to hang.
Any suggestion ?.