Serving multiple clients

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//: MultiJabberServer.java
// A server that uses multithreading to handle 
// any number of clients.
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
 
class ServeOneJabber extends Thread {
  private Socket socket;
  private BufferedReader in;
  private PrintWriter out;
  public ServeOneJabber(Socket s)
      throws IOException {
    socket = s;
    in =
      new BufferedReader(
        new InputStreamReader(
          socket.getInputStream()));
    // Enable auto-flush:
    out =
      new PrintWriter(
        new BufferedWriter(
          new OutputStreamWriter(
            socket.getOutputStream())), true);
    // If any of the above calls throw an 
    // exception, the caller is responsible for
    // closing the socket. Otherwise the thread
    // will close it.
    start(); // Calls run()
  }
  public void run() {
    try {
      while (true) {
        String str = in.readLine();
        if (str.equals("END")) break;
        System.out.println("Echoing: " + str);
        out.println(str);
      }
      System.out.println("closing...");
    } catch (IOException e) {
    } finally {
      try {
        socket.close();
      } catch(IOException e) {}
    }
  }
}
 
public class MultiJabberServer {
  static final int PORT = 8080;
  public static void main(String[] args)
      throws IOException {
    ServerSocket s = new ServerSocket(PORT);
    System.out.println("Server Started");
    try {
      while(true) {
        // Blocks until a connection occurs:
        Socket socket = s.accept();
        try {
          new ServeOneJabber(socket);
        } catch(IOException e) {
          // If it fails, close the socket,
          // otherwise the thread will close it:
          socket.close();
        }
      }
    } finally {
      s.close();
    }
  }
} ///:~ 

//: MultiJabberClient.java
// Client that tests the MultiJabberServer
// by starting up multiple clients.
import java.net.*;
import java.io.*;
 
class JabberClientThread extends Thread {
  private Socket socket;
  private BufferedReader in;
  private PrintWriter out;
  private static int counter = 0;
  private int id = counter++;
  private static int threadcount = 0;
  public static int threadCount() {
    return threadcount;
  }
  public JabberClientThread(InetAddress addr) {
    System.out.println("Making client " + id);
    threadcount++;
    try {
      socket =
        new Socket(addr, MultiJabberServer.PORT);
    } catch(IOException e) {
      // If the creation of the socket fails, 
      // nothing needs to be cleaned up.
    }
    try {
      in =
        new BufferedReader(
          new InputStreamReader(
            socket.getInputStream()));
      // Enable auto-flush:
      out =
        new PrintWriter(
          new BufferedWriter(
            new OutputStreamWriter(
              socket.getOutputStream())), true);
      start();
    } catch(IOException e) {
      // The socket should be closed on any 
      // failures other than the socket 
      // constructor:
      try {
        socket.close();
      } catch(IOException e2) {}
    }
    // Otherwise the socket will be closed by
    // the run() method of the thread.
  }
  public void run() {
    try {
      for(int i = 0; i < 25; i++) {
        out.println("Client " + id + ": " + i);
        String str = in.readLine();
        System.out.println(str);
      }
      out.println("END");
    } catch(IOException e) {
    } finally {
      // Always close it:
      try {
        socket.close();
      } catch(IOException e) {}
      threadcount--; // Ending this thread
    }
  }
}
 
public class MultiJabberClient {
  static final int MAX_THREADS = 40;
  public static void main(String[] args)
      throws IOException, InterruptedException {
    InetAddress addr =
      InetAddress.getByName(null);
    while(true) {
      if(JabberClientThread.threadCount()
         < MAX_THREADS)
        new JabberClientThread(addr);
      Thread.currentThread().sleep(100);
    }
  }
} ///:~