EchoServer 1.3 build: 9172 released: 2006-03-06

Simple HTTP server to dump messages sent to it.

Copyright (c) 2008 Canadian Mind Products.

Java application.
Download from http://mindprod.com/products2.html#ECHOSERVER

===> Free <===
Full source included.
You may even include the source code, modified or unmodified
in commercial programs that you write and distribute.
May be used freely for any purpose but military.
For more details on this restriction, see
http://mindprod.com/roedy.html#NONMILITARY
If you include any Canadian Mind Products code in your own applications,
your app too must be labeled non-military use only.
All Java jars and source code are included.

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Prerequisites:

This program runs under any OS,
(e.g. Win2K/XP/Vista/OSX/Linux/Solaris/Vista64/AIX...) so long as you have
<><> Java version 1.1 <><> or later installed.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html for details.

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Installing on a PC:

Download source and compiled class files to run on your own machine as an application.
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
To install, extract the zip download with Winzip
(or similar unzip utility) into any directory you please,
often J:\ --  ticking off the "user folder names" option.

To run as an application,type:
java -jar J:\com\mindprod\echoserver\echoserver.jar parms

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.


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Installing on a MacIntosh:

Use Safari to download source and compiled class files to run on your own machine as an application.
Safari will automatically unpack the zip into ~/Downloads (version 10.5)
[or on the Desktop (version 10.4 and earlier)].
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
You may optionally move the download tree to a permanent home.


To run as an application, without parameters, just double click the jar file.

To run as an application with parameters, in bash shell type:
open Terminal.app
cd ~/Desktop
java -jar com/mindprod/echoserver/echoserver.jar parms

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.


I don't have a MacIntosh, just a PC, so I can't test the programs for Mac compatibility.
In theory they should work without problems, but in practice that does not always happen.
If you have problems please, let me know, preferably with screenshots and complete verbatim error messages.

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Rebuilding:

The zip already contains the necessary class and jar files, so unless you modify
the program, there is no need to recompile the source or rebuild the jar.
Configure basedir="E:/" in rebuild.xml to the drive where your files are.
Use ANT and rebuild.xml, not build.xml, to recompile and recreate the jar.

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Use:


use:
java -jar echoserver.jar

Starts up an echo server or port 8081.  You can then test
your HTML forms or other CGI client code by using
http://localhost:8081 instead of your usual server.  It
displays whatever your browser sends on the console,
character for character without any interpretation.

It does not send it back to your browser.

This is an extremely simple program, designed to show the
elements of how a server works.  It is not a full-featured
debugging tool by any means.

To install, Extract the zip download with Winzip, available
from http://www.winzip.com (or similar unzip utility) into
any directory you please, often C:\ -- ticking off the "user
folder names" option. To run as an application, type:

java -jar C:\com\mindprod\echoserver\echoserver.jar

adjusting as necessary to account for where the jar file is.

Echoserver is misnamed because it does not actually echo
what it receives back back to the browser. It just dumps it
on the console.

Version History

1.3 2006-03-06 just changes the pad directory structure.