一、多播与广播
我们可以向每个接受者单播一个数据副本,但这样做效率可能非常低。
只有UDP套接字允许广播和多播,两者的区别是:广播会发送到网络上所有可达的
主机,有些操作系统可能不允许普通用户进行广播操作;而多播只发送给感兴趣的
主机。具体来说是调用MulticastSocket的joinGroup()加入到多播组的主机。
public class MulticastReceiverTest {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
final InetAddress address = InetAddress.getByName("224.1.1.1");
final int port = 45599;
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
new Thread("Thread #" + i){
@Override
public void run() {
try {
MulticastSocket sock = new MulticastSocket(port);
sock.joinGroup(address);
byte[] msg = new byte[256];
DatagramPacket packet = new DatagramPacket(msg, msg.length);
sock.receive(packet);
System.out.println(Thread.currentThread().getName() +
" receive: " + new String(packet.getData()));
}
catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}.start();
}
Thread.sleep(2000);
MulticastSocket sock = new MulticastSocket();
sock.setTimeToLive(32);
byte[] msg = "hellomulticast".getBytes();
DatagramPacket packet = new DatagramPacket(msg, msg.length, address, port);
sock.send(packet);
System.out.println("Message sent");
}
}