A simple http server in java

A web server is an application which delivers web pages using HTTP protocol

The application explained below is a simple http server application which runs on port 8080 and serves contents from the directory C:/Web. The server handles each client request in a new worker thread.

package com.pankaj.webserver;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.ServerSocket;
import java.net.Socket;

/**
 * File: WebServer.java
 */
public class WebServer
{
    private static final int PORT = 8080;
    private static ServerSocket listenerSocket = null;
    private static int requestId = 0;

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
    {
        ConsoleLogger.LogMessage("Starting simple http server");
        listenerSocket = new ServerSocket(PORT);

        ConsoleLogger.LogMessage("Server started on port " + listenerSocket.getLocalPort());
        while (true) {
            Socket socket = listenerSocket.accept();
            ConsoleLogger.LogMessage("Client connected on port " + socket.getPort());
            new Worker(new RequestHandler(++requestId, socket));
        }
    }
}

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