Is it possible to run a socket server and socket client on the same machine?

Question

In java it is possible to create a socket server and a socket client, is it possible to have an instance of the socket server running and a socket/server client that is rece

Answer 1

Yes, you can have the following on the same machine:

ServerSocket server = new ServerSocket(60010);
Socket client = server.accept();

Somewhere else:

Socket socket = new Socket("localhost", 60010);
PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(socket.getOutputStream(), true);
out.println("Hello server");