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thufir@dur:~$ java -jar NetBeansProjects/WeatherTelnet/dist/WeatherTelnet.jar
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*               Welcome to THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND telnet service!            *
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*                                                                            *
*   National Weather Service information provided by Alden Electronics, Inc. *
*    and updated each minute as reports come in over our data feed.          *
*                                                                            *
*   **Note: If you cannot get past this opening screen, you must use a       *
*   different version of the "telnet" program--some of the ones for IBM      *
*   compatible PC's have a bug that prevents proper connection.              *
*                                                                            *
*           comments: [email protected]                              *
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thufir@dur:~$
thufir@dur:~$ cat NetBeansProjects/WeatherTelnet/src/weathertelnet/WeatherTelnet.java
package weathertelnet;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.SocketException;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import org.apache.commons.net.telnet.TelnetClient;
import static java.lang.System.out;

public final class WeatherTelnet extends Thread {

    @Override
    public void run() {
        new Thread(new Runnable() {

            @Override
            public void run() {
                try {
                    output();
                } catch (SocketException ex) {
                    Logger.getLogger(WeatherTelnet.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
                } catch (IOException ex) {
                    Logger.getLogger(WeatherTelnet.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
                }
            }
        }).start();

    }

    public void input() {
    }

    public void output() throws SocketException, IOException {
        TelnetClient tc;
        tc = new TelnetClient();
        tc.connect("rainmaker.wunderground.com", 3000);

        InputStream inputStream = tc.getInputStream();

        char ch = (char) inputStream.read();

        while (255 > ch && ch >= 0) {
            ch = (char) inputStream.read();
            out.print(ch);
        }
    }

    public WeatherTelnet() {
        start();
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        new WeatherTelnet();
    }
}
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