Java Program to Send Image between Computers using UDP and Display it

Java program to send image file over network using UDP

This was one of my experiments in Networking Lab. The aim was to write a java program to send a
picture (image) from a computer to another via network using UDP protocol and to display it at the receiving end. Simply, this is the java code to make a java application which can send images from one computer to another over a network. The program uses UDP (User Datagram Protocol). For both the computers (on either ends) the same code is enough. This app can act as a image sender or a receiver. The program uses a Progress bar (JProgressBar) to show the progress of the data transfer. Remember, transferring files over UDP is not easy because UDP does not guarantee ordered delivery, and not even successful delivery. So, here in this program, to ensure ordered delivery, the sender sends next chunk of data (DatagramPacket) only after receiving an acknowledgement for last sent packet. For acknowledgement, i used a string "ACK".