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How to identify that client has logged off

Posted by Mohan Raj on May 28, 2001 at 7:35 AM

> u can send the message to the client at constant interval of time
> when the client does not accept the msg u catch the exception.
> and u remove the client socket from server side

I am writting a chat programe i want to find when client logged off and i want to remove the client from hashtable.How to find out that client loggedoff.At server side i am not getting any socket exception.