CODEWITHSUNDEEP
java
shiwchiz
shiwchiz

Reputation: 43

Why am I not able to provide constructor arguments to this Socket class?

When I try compiling this code I get various errors; the one which I'm most suspicious of is:

constructor Socket in class Socket cannot be applied to given types

Here is my code:

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;

public class Socket {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            Socket s = new Socket("localhost", 6666);
            DataOutputStream dout = new DataOutputStream(s.getOutputStream());
            dout.writeUTF("Hello Server");
            dout.flush();
            dout.close();
            s.close();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println(e);
        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 104

Answers (1)

Makoto
Makoto

Reputation: 106450

Since you've called your own class Socket, you'll need to use the fully qualified name to refer to Java's Socket class.

java.net.Socket s = new java.net.Socket("localhost",6666);

In the future, I would advise against naming your class something similar to what's in the existing API to avoid confusion like this.

Upvotes: 3

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