How to call server functions?

Question

Hello everyone,
I am quite new to server programming and I was wondering how to write an independent java program that calls functions inside the server.eg.
Server code:
package server;
public class LIS {
     public static int val = 1;
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          val = 2;
          System.out.println(returnNumConnected());
          while (true) {
               //keep server running
     public static int returnNumConnected() {
          return (val);
Java test program code
package server;
public class test {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          System.out.println("Value: " + LIS.returnNumConnected());
}When I do this, I get Value = 1 printed out and not 2 as I intended to. I thought that the value 2 would be printed if the server was always running hence I put the infinite loop in the server code. Could anyone point out what I am doing wrong? Thanks a lot.
Ankit

Answer 1

What I meant was in reference to how you start the programme for example if your using windows and you are running your starting your programme in dos shell. Do you use two dos windows one for the server and one for the test program? In other words do you issue two java commands one to start the server and one two start the test if so then the LIS class in the first shell doesn�t have anything to do with the second one. This means the static variables in the first shell do not know any thing about the static variables of the second shell; this is equivalent to running your programmes in tow different computers.
Once again the best way to communicate between the two classes is to use the network layer.
Good luck
Wiraj R B