diff --git a/src/main/java/connect/src/TCPClient.java b/src/main/java/connect/src/TCPClient.java
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--- a/src/main/java/connect/src/TCPClient.java
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-/**
- * @author Aaron Moser
- * @date 05.11.2023
- * @src https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/socket-programming-in-java/
- */
-package connect.src;
-
-import java.io.*;
-import java.net.*;
-
-import org.json.JSONObject;
-
-public final class TCPClient {
-
-    private final int MIN_PORT = 1;
-    private final int MAX_PORT = 65535;
-
-    private String ipAddress = "127.0.0.1";
-    private int port = 65432;
-    private Socket socket = null;
-    private boolean useIPv6 = false;
-
-    private DataOutputStream dataSentToServerStream = null;
-
-    public TCPClient(String address, int port, boolean useIPv6) {
-        if ((null != address) && (MIN_PORT <= port) && (MAX_PORT >= port)) {
-            if (useIPv6) {
-                this.useIPv6 = useIPv6;
-            } else {
-                this.ipAddress = address;
-                this.port = port;
-            }
-        } else {
-            //TODO display error at gui
-            //TODO don't even allow at gui wrong inputs
-            //TODO sanitize input with regex
-        }
-    }
-
-    public boolean connectToServer() {
-        boolean connectionEstablished = false;
-        try {
-            if (this.useIPv6) {
-                // If client wants to connect via ipv6
-                InetAddress ipv6Address = InetAddress.getByName(this.ipAddress);
-                this.socket = new Socket(ipv6Address, this.port);
-            } else {
-                // If client wants to connect via ipv4
-                this.socket = new Socket(this.ipAddress, this.port);
-            }
-            System.out.println("Connected to server with ip:" + this.ipAddress + " port:" + this.port);
-            connectionEstablished = true;
-        }
-        catch (UnknownHostException exception) {
-            System.out.println(exception);
-        }
-        catch (IOException exception) {
-            System.out.println(exception);
-        }
-        return connectionEstablished;
-    }
-
-    public boolean sendData(String pathToInputFile) {
-        boolean dataSent = false;
-        try {
-            JSONObject file = new JSONObject(pathToInputFile);
-            // sends output to the socket
-            this.dataSentToServerStream = new DataOutputStream(this.socket.getOutputStream());
-            this.dataSentToServerStream.writeUTF(file.toString());
-            dataSent = true;
-        }
-        catch (IOException i) {
-            System.out.println(i);
-        }
-        return dataSent;
-    }
-
-    public boolean closeConnection() {
-        boolean connectionClosed = false;
-        try {
-            dataSentToServerStream.close();
-            socket.close();
-            connectionClosed = true;
-        }
-        catch (IOException i) {
-            System.out.println(i);
-        }
-        return connectionClosed;
-    }
-}