You can't open a socket, You can however use XMPP and other methods to do what you need.
from: http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/whatisgoogleappengine.html "The environment includes the Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 platform and libraries. The restrictions of the sandbox environment are implemented in the JVM. An app can use any JVM bytecode or library feature, as long as it does not exceed the sandbox restrictions. For instance, bytecode that attempts to open a socket or write to a file will throw a runtime exception" --- If you are a beginner in GAE I suggest you read this document to get a better understanding of what you can do with the JAVA GAE On Feb 18, 2:01 am, "med....@gmail.com" <med....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I am a beginner in using GAE, and I was wondering if it was possible > to use socket for getting simple msg from the client as it's essential > in my application. > > And Thanks. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine for Java" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine-j...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine-java+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-java?hl=en.
