// Connect to server
private void connectToServer() throws IOException {
showMessage("Attempting connection...\n");
try {
do {
try {
username = JOptionPane.showInputDialog("Enter a username");
obj.put("username", username);
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
} while (obj.getString("username").contains(" ") || obj.getString("username") == null);
} catch (HeadlessException | JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
connection =
new Socket(
InetAddress.getByName(serverIP), 6789); // The IP address of the server and the port
showMessage("Connected to: " + connection.getInetAddress().getHostName());
}
