Im currently working on a simple server - client structure for future projects. I decided it would be the best to create my own data-package with custom header-information such as local/public ip, a time stamp etc. The following is the class i came up with:
public class DataPackage {
private Object object;
private Date time;
private long timeMs;
private boolean responded;
private String publicIp;
private String internalIp;
private int hash;
public DataPackage(Object object) {
this.object = object;
this.responded = false;
this.time = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();
this.timeMs = System.currentTimeMillis();
this.publicIp = this.generatePublicIp();
this.internalIp = this.generateInternalIp();
this.hash = System.identityHashCode(this);
}
private String generatePublicIp() {
try {
URL whatismyip = new URL("http://checkip.amazonaws.com");
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(whatismyip.openStream()));
return in.readLine();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
private String generateInternalIp() {
try {
return InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostAddress();
} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
return null;
}
}
(I removed the getters and setters)
I decided to use an object so i can send anything in the class. It compiles well but if i try to send a simple string, packaged in the class, i get a NotSerializableException. Are there any attributes or fields which cant be converted to a stream or should i change the class to be generic? Im NOT an expert in streams and networking, so im thankfull for every bit of help and explanation i can get.
NOTE: Im not a native english speaker to please excuse any spelling/grammar issues.