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Communication Networks Project

Client: java -jar Client.jar <ip> <port number> <FN_ID> <args>
Server: java -jar Server.jar <port number>

Account.java
- Holds information about a specific account, such as username, associated authToken and message box.
Message.java
- Holds information about a specific message, such as sender, receiver, body and message read state. Additionally, each message has an auto-increment identifier.

client.java
- The client main class. If the command line arguments are valid, it creates a MessagingClient object, otherwise it prints the usage message.
MessagingClient.java
- Creates a socket and connects to the server, on the given address and port. It sends the entered command line arguments to the server and waits for response.

server.java
- The server main class. If the command line arguments are valid, it creates a MessagingServer object, otherwise it prints the usage message.
MessagingServer.java
- Creates a socket on the given port and listens for connections. For every new client, a ClientHandler object is created, in a new thread.
ClientHandler.java
- ClientHandler class instances are intended to be executed by a new thread. In run() method the command line arguments of client are received and passed to the RequestHandler.
RequestHandler.java
- Processes client requests. Based on the request FN_ID, calls the appropriate method. The supported methods are:
  1. CreateAccount(): creates a new account
  2. ShowAccounts(): shows registered accounts
  3. SendMessage(): sends new message to user
  4. ShowInbox(): shows user inbox
  5. ReadMessage(): reads a message from inbox
  6. DeleteMessage(): delete a message from inbox

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