How to get started on java applet client/server game?

Question

Hi,
I've googled, but didn't find any useful information about creating java applet client/server game. I've followed the example of Client/Server Tic-Tac-Toe Using a Multithreaded Server in Java How to Program from Deitel, but I when I tried on Applet, my cliet doesn't communicate with the server at all. Any help to get started with Applet would be great. Thanks!

Answer 1

well, i decided to put in portion of my codes to see if anyone can help me out. the problem I have here is the function excute() never gets called. here is my coding, see if you can help. Notice, I'm running this on Applet thru html page. This shouldn't be much different than running JFrame in term of coding right?
Server.java
    public void init()
        runGame = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(2);
        gameLock = new ReentrantLock();
        otherPlayerConnected = gameLock.newCondition();
        otherPlayerTurn = gameLock.newCondition();
        players = new Player[2];
        currentPlayer = Player1;
        try
            server = new ServerSocket(12345, 2);
        catch (IOException ie)
            stop();
        message = "Server awaiting connections";
    public void execute()
       JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null, "I'm about to execute!", "Testing", JOptionPane.PLAIN_MESSAGE);
        for(int i = 0; i < players.length; i++)
            try
                players[i] = new Player(server.accept(), i);
                runGame.execute(players);
catch (IOException ie)
stop();
gameLock.lock();
try
players[Player1].setSuspended(false);
otherPlayerConnected.signal();
finally
gameLock.unlock();
Client.java
    public void init()
        startClient();
    public void startClient()
        try
            connection = new Socket(InetAddress.getByName(TienLenHost), 12345);
            input = new Scanner(connection.getInputStream());
            output = new Formatter(connection.getOutputStream());
        catch (IOException ie)
            stop();
        ExecutorService worker = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(1);
        worker.execute(this);
    }So after worker.execute(this), it should go to Server.java and run the function execute() right? But in my case, it doesn't. If you know how to fix this, please let me know. Thanks!