Writing a web server.

Question

i am trying to write a tiny web server, with a gui, and want the gui to be a able to stop and start the server, the server is in a separate class called web server, and i need some code to destroy the instance of the class. thx in advance.

Answer 1

web server code
package tinywebserver;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.util.*;
class WebServer implements HttpConstants {
    /* static class data/methods */
    /* print to stdout */
    protected static void p(String s) {
        GUI.main.append(s + "\n");
        System.out.println(s);
    /* our server's configuration information is stored
     * in these properties
    protected static Properties props = new Properties();
    /* Where worker threads stand idle */
    static Vector threads = new Vector();
    /* the web server's virtual root */
    static File root;
    /* timeout on client connections */
    static int timeout = 0;
    /* max # worker threads */
    static int workers = 5;
    //port to serve from
    static int port = 8080;
    /* load www-server.properties from java.home */
    static void loadProps() throws IOException {
        File f = new File("server.properties");
        if (f.exists()) {
            InputStream is =new BufferedInputStream(new
                           FileInputStream(f));
            props.load(is);
            is.close();
            String r = props.getProperty("root");
            if (r != null) {
                root = new File(r);
                if (!root.exists()) {
                    throw new Error(root + " doesn't exist as server root");
            r = props.getProperty("timeout");
            if (r != null) {
                timeout = Integer.parseInt(r);
            r = props.getProperty("workers");
            if (r != null) {
                workers = Integer.parseInt(r);
            r = props.getProperty("serverPort");
            if (r != null) {
                port = Integer.parseInt(r);
        /* if no properties were specified, choose defaults */
        if (root == null) {
            root = new File(System.getProperty("user.dir")+File.separator+"html");
        if (timeout <= 1000) {
            timeout = 5000;
        if (workers < 25) {
            workers = 5;
    static void printProps() {
        p("Tiny Web Server Starting on " + System.getProperty("os.name") +" "+System.getProperty("os.arch"));
        p("root="+root);
        p("timeout="+timeout);
        p("workers="+workers);
        p("port="+port);
    public static void start() throws Exception{
        loadProps();
        printProps();
        /* start worker threads */
        for (int i = 0; i < workers; ++i) {
            Worker w = new Worker();
            (new Thread(w, "worker #"+i)).start();
             threads.addElement(w);
        ServerSocket ss = new ServerSocket(port);
        while (true) {
            Socket s = ss.accept();
            Worker w = null;
            synchronized (threads) {
                if (threads.isEmpty()) {
                    Worker ws = new Worker();
                    ws.setSocket(s);
                    (new Thread(ws, "additional worker")).start();
                }else {
                    w = (Worker) threads.elementAt(0);
                    threads.removeElementAt(0);
                    w.setSocket(s);
class Worker extends WebServer implements HttpConstants, Runnable {
    final static int BUF_SIZE = 2048;
    static final byte[] EOL = {(byte)'\r', (byte)'\n' };
    /* buffer to use for requests */
    byte[] buf;
    /* Socket to client we're handling */
    private Socket s;
    Worker() {
        buf = new byte[BUF_SIZE];
        s = null;
    synchronized void setSocket(Socket s) {
        this.s = s;
        notify();
    public synchronized void run() {
        while(true) {
            if (s == null) {
                /* nothing to do */
                try {
                    wait();
                } catch (InterruptedException e) {
                    /* should not happen */
                    continue;
            try {
                handleClient();
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            /* go back in wait queue if there's fewer
             * than numHandler connections.
            s = null;
            Vector pool = WebServer.threads;
            synchronized (pool) {
                if (pool.size() >= WebServer.workers) {
                    /* too many threads, exit this one */
                    return;
                } else {
                    pool.addElement(this);
    void handleClient() throws IOException {
        InputStream is = new BufferedInputStream(s.getInputStream());
        PrintStream ps = new PrintStream(s.getOutputStream());
        /* we will only block in read for this many milliseconds
         * before we fail with java.io.InterruptedIOException,
         * at which point we will abandon the connection.
        s.setSoTimeout(WebServer.timeout);
        s.setTcpNoDelay(true);
        /* zero out the buffer from last time */
        for (int i = 0; i < BUF_SIZE; i++) {
            buf[i] = 0;
        try {
            /* We only support HTTP GET/HEAD, and don't
             * support any fancy HTTP options,
             * so we're only interested really in
             * the first line.
            int nread = 0, r = 0;
outerloop:
            while (nread < BUF_SIZE) {
                r = is.read(buf, nread, BUF_SIZE - nread);
                if (r == -1) {
                    /* EOF */
                    return;
                int i = nread;
                nread += r;
                for (; i < nread; i++) {
                    if (buf[i] == (byte)'\n' || buf[i] == (byte)'\r') {
                        /* read one line */
                        break outerloop;
            /* are we doing a GET or just a HEAD */
            boolean doingGet;
            /* beginning of file name */
            int index;
            if (buf[0] == (byte)'G' &&
                buf[1] == (byte)'E' &&
                buf[2] == (byte)'T' &&
                buf[3] == (byte)' ') {
                doingGet = true;
                index = 4;
            } else if (buf[0] == (byte)'H' &&
                       buf[1] == (byte)'E' &&
                       buf[2] == (byte)'A' &&
                       buf[3] == (byte)'D' &&
                       buf[4] == (byte)' ') {
                doingGet = false;
                index = 5;
            } else {
                /* we don't support this method */
                ps.print("HTTP/1.0 " + HTTP_BAD_METHOD +
                           " unsupported method type: ");
                ps.write(buf, 0, 5);
                ps.write(EOL);
                ps.flush();
                s.close();
                return;
            int i = 0;
            /* find the file name, from:
             * GET /foo/bar.html HTTP/1.0
             * extract "/foo/bar.html"
            for (i = index; i < nread; i++) {
                if (buf[i] == (byte)' ') {
                    break;
            String fname = (new String(buf, 0, index,
                      i-index)).replace('/', File.separatorChar);
            if (fname.startsWith(File.separator)) {
                fname = fname.substring(1);
            File targ = new File(WebServer.root, fname);
            if (targ.isDirectory()) {
                File ind = new File(targ, "index.html");
                if (ind.exists()) {
                    targ = ind;
            boolean OK = printHeaders(targ, ps);
            if (doingGet) {
                if (OK) {
                    sendFile(targ, ps);
                } else {
                    send404(targ, ps);
        } finally {
            s.close();
    boolean printHeaders(File targ, PrintStream ps) throws IOException {
        boolean ret = false;
        int rCode = 0;
        if (!targ.exists()) {
            rCode = HTTP_NOT_FOUND;
            ps.print("HTTP/1.0 " + HTTP_NOT_FOUND + " not found");
            ps.write(EOL);
            ret = false;
        }  else {
            rCode = HTTP_OK;
            ps.print("HTTP/1.0 " + HTTP_OK+" OK");
            ps.write(EOL);
            ret = true;
        p("\nRequest from " +s.getInetAddress().getHostAddress()+": GET " + targ.getAbsolutePath()+"-->"+rCode);
        ps.print("Server: Simple java, Tiny Web Server");
        ps.write(EOL);
        ps.print("Date: " + (new Date()));
        ps.write(EOL);
        if (ret) {
            if (!targ.isDirectory()) {
                ps.print("Content-length: "+targ.length());
                ps.write(EOL);
                ps.print("Last Modified: " + (new
                              Date(targ.lastModified())));
                ps.write(EOL);
                String name = targ.getName();
                int ind = name.lastIndexOf('.');
                String ct = null;
                if (ind > 0) {
                    ct = (String) map.get(name.substring(ind));
                if (ct == null) {
                    ct = "unknown/unknown";
                ps.print("Content-type: " + ct);
                ps.write(EOL);
            } else {
                ps.print("Content-type: text/html");
                ps.write(EOL);
        return ret;
    void send404(File targ, PrintStream ps) throws IOException {
        ps.write(EOL);
        ps.write(EOL);
        ps.println("404 error, the requested object was not found\n\n"+
                   "The requested resource was not found.\n\n\nTiny Web Server has encountered an error.");
    void sendFile(File targ, PrintStream ps) throws IOException {
        InputStream is = null;
        ps.write(EOL);
        if (targ.isDirectory()) {
            listDirectory(targ, ps);
            return;
        } else {
            is = new FileInputStream(targ.getAbsolutePath());
        try {
            int n;
            while ((n = is.read(buf)) > 0) {
                ps.write(buf, 0, n);
        } finally {
            is.close();
    /* mapping of file extensions to content-types */
    static java.util.Hashtable map = new java.util.Hashtable();
    static {
        fillMap();
    static void setSuffix(String k, String v) {
        map.put(k, v);
    static void fillMap() {
        setSuffix("", "content/unknown");
        setSuffix(".uu", "application/octet-stream");
        setSuffix(".exe", "application/octet-stream");
        setSuffix(".ps", "application/postscript");
        setSuffix(".zip", "application/zip");
        setSuffix(".sh", "application/x-shar");
        setSuffix(".tar", "application/x-tar");
        setSuffix(".snd", "audio/basic");
        setSuffix(".au", "audio/basic");
        setSuffix(".wav", "audio/x-wav");
        setSuffix(".gif", "image/gif");
        setSuffix(".jpg", "image/jpeg");
        setSuffix(".jpeg", "image/jpeg");
        setSuffix(".htm", "text/html");
        setSuffix(".html", "text/html");
        setSuffix(".text", "text/plain");
        setSuffix(".c", "text/plain");
        setSuffix(".cc", "text/plain");
        setSuffix(".c++", "text/plain");
        setSuffix(".h", "text/plain");
        setSuffix(".pl", "text/plain");
        setSuffix(".txt", "text/plain");
        setSuffix(".java", "text/plain");
    void listDirectory(File dir, PrintStream ps) throws IOException {
        ps.println("<TITLE>Directory listing</TITLE><P>\n");
        ps.println("<A HREF=\"..\">Parent Directory</A><BR>\n");
        String[] list = dir.list();
        for (int i = 0; list != null && i < list.length; i++) {
            File f = new File(dir, list);
if (f.isDirectory()) {
ps.println("<A HREF=\""+list[i]+"/\">"+list[i]+"/</A><BR>");
} else {
ps.println("<A HREF=\""+list[i]+"\">"+list[i]+"</A><BR");
ps.println("<P><HR><BR><I>Tiny Web Server on "+ port + " at " + (new Date()) + "</I>");
interface HttpConstants {
/** 2XX: generally "OK" */
public static final int HTTP_OK = 200;
public static final int HTTP_CREATED = 201;
public static final int HTTP_ACCEPTED = 202;
public static final int HTTP_NOT_AUTHORITATIVE = 203;
public static final int HTTP_NO_CONTENT = 204;
public static final int HTTP_RESET = 205;
public static final int HTTP_PARTIAL = 206;
/** 3XX: relocation/redirect */
public static final int HTTP_MULT_CHOICE = 300;
public static final int HTTP_MOVED_PERM = 301;
public static final int HTTP_MOVED_TEMP = 302;
public static final int HTTP_SEE_OTHER = 303;
public static final int HTTP_NOT_MODIFIED = 304;
public static final int HTTP_USE_PROXY = 305;
/** 4XX: client error */
public static final int HTTP_BAD_REQUEST = 400;
public static final int HTTP_UNAUTHORIZED = 401;
public static final int HTTP_PAYMENT_REQUIRED = 402;
public static final int HTTP_FORBIDDEN = 403;
public static final int HTTP_NOT_FOUND = 404;
public static final int HTTP_BAD_METHOD = 405;
public static final int HTTP_NOT_ACCEPTABLE = 406;
public static final int HTTP_PROXY_AUTH = 407;
public static final int HTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT = 408;
public static final int HTTP_CONFLICT = 409;
public static final int HTTP_GONE = 410;
public static final int HTTP_LENGTH_REQUIRED = 411;
public static final int HTTP_PRECON_FAILED = 412;
public static final int HTTP_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE = 413;
public static final int HTTP_REQ_TOO_LONG = 414;
public static final int HTTP_UNSUPPORTED_TYPE = 415;
/** 5XX: server error */
public static final int HTTP_SERVER_ERROR = 500;
public static final int HTTP_INTERNAL_ERROR = 501;
public static final int HTTP_BAD_GATEWAY = 502;
public static final int HTTP_UNAVAILABLE = 503;
public static final int HTTP_GATEWAY_TIMEOUT = 504;
public static final int HTTP_VERSION = 505;
the gui is just normal gui stuff, it contains the main method