sharedcanvasserver.pde

This is processing for java examples.

/**
 * Shared Drawing Canvas (Server) 
 * by Alexander R. Galloway. 
 * 
 * A server that shares a drawing canvas between two computers. 
 * In order to open a socket connection, a server must select a 
 * port on which to listen for incoming clients and through which 
 * to communicate. Once the socket is established, a client may 
 * connect to the server and send or receive commands and data.
 * Get this program running and then start the Shared Drawing
 * Canvas (Client) program so see how they interact.
 */


import processing.net.*;

Server s;
Client c;
String input;
int data[];

void setup() 
{
  size(450, 255);
  background(204);
  stroke(0);
  frameRate(5); // Slow it down a little
  s = new Server(this, 12345); // Start a simple server on a port
}

void draw() 
{
  if (mousePressed == true) {
    // Draw our line
    stroke(255);
    line(pmouseX, pmouseY, mouseX, mouseY);
    // Send mouse coords to other person
    s.write(pmouseX + " " + pmouseY + " " + mouseX + " " + mouseY + "\n");
  }
  // Receive data from client
  c = s.available();
  if (c != null) {
    input = c.readString();
    input = input.substring(0, input.indexOf("\n")); // Only up to the newline
    data = int(split(input, ' ')); // Split values into an array
    // Draw line using received coords
    stroke(0);
    line(data[0], data[1], data[2], data[3]);
  }
}