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Class | Server
Name | ### active()
Examples |
    import processing.net.*;

    Server myServer;
    int val = 0;

    void setup() {
      size(200, 200);
      // Starts a myServer on port 5204
      myServer = new Server(this, 5204);
    }

    void draw() {
      val = (val + 1) % 255;
      background(val);
      if (myServer.active() == true) {
        myServer.write(val);
      } else {
        println("Server is not active.");
      }
    }

    void mousePressed() {
      myServer.stop();
    }
Description | Returns true if this server is still active and hasn't run into any trouble.
Syntax |
    server.active()
Parameters |
server | Server: any variable of type Server
Returns | boolean

Updated on November 10, 2017 05:36:32pm EST