client server socket based communication

Question

I recently tested a socket based communication between a J2ME app and a local computer, the J2ME app was running on a emulator in NetBeans 6.7 and the server socket was also running on the same computer in Netbeans. Now I would like to move the serversocket onto the internet and test the app first on the emulator and then on on actual mobile phone. Is there anyway possible to put this socket onto a servlet on a webpage and then form a connection between that webpage and the local computer.

Answer 1

You can't "put" a socket servlet on a webserver, unless they have Java Server installed. Since this is hard to organize with most external webhosts, you'd have to instead configure your webserver to open a socket connection on a specified port number, I believe.

So later you should be able to contact the sever on a specified port, using its IP address or domain name. Like:

 100.200.300.400:965

         or

 mysubdomain.mydomain.com:965