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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 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;
+    }
+}