Java DatagramSocket .setBroadcast (boolean on)
Syntax
DatagramSocket.setBroadcast(boolean on) has the following syntax.
public void setBroadcast(boolean on) throws SocketException
Example
In the following code shows how to use DatagramSocket.setBroadcast(boolean on) method.
//from w w w.j av a2 s . c o m
import java.net.DatagramPacket;
import java.net.DatagramSocket;
import java.net.InetAddress;
public class Main {
public static void main(String args[]) {
try {
InetAddress ia = InetAddress.getByName("www.java2s.com");
DatagramSocket ds = new DatagramSocket();
byte buffer[] = "hello".getBytes();
DatagramPacket dp = new DatagramPacket(buffer, buffer.length, ia, 80);
ds.setBroadcast(true);
ds.send(dp);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}