Simple Chat

Simple chat application with plain text storage for messages written in JAVA. Server should be started before clients. Server application broadcasts messages to other clients via Sockets

Running two clients and server with maven

mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="com.mex.simplechat.main.ChatApplication"  -Dexec.args="server"
mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="com.mex.simplechat.main.ChatApplication"  -Dexec.args="chat /user:User1"
mvn exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="com.mex.simplechat.main.ChatApplication"  -Dexec.args="chat /user:User2"

Running two clients and server with executable jar

mvn clean package
java -jar target/SimpleChat-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar server
java -jar target/SimpleChat-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar chat /user:User1
java -jar target/SimpleChat-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar chat /user:User2

Help screen for application

Usage: <main class> [COMMAND]
Simple Chat Application, server should be started before the clients
Commands:
  chat    For users connecting to chat application
  server  Starts server for chat application
  help    Displays help information about the specified command

Help screen for server

Command Overview
  /help             - This help page
  /exit             - Exit from application

Help screen for client

Command Overview
  /help             - This help page
  /exit             - Exit from application
  /send <message>   - Send message for participants

Output

Output will be written in files located in root folder. File names are created associated with user names message_<USER_NAME>.txt (chat with User1 name output file will be message_User1.txt).

Sample Outputs

message_User1.txt

User 'User2' is connected..
outgoing message => User1:  hi there
outgoing message => User1:  this is me
incoming message <= User2: hello
incoming message <= User2: how is it going
outgoing message => User1:  fine thank you
outgoing message => User1:  bye

message_User2.txt

incoming message <= User1: hi there
incoming message <= User1: this is me
outgoing message => User2:  hello
outgoing message => User2:  how is it going
incoming message <= User1: fine thank you
incoming message <= User1: bye
User 'User1' is gone..