GoLang. gob client. Connects and sends message to gob server.

go-gob-client.go

// Client

package main

import (
	"encoding/gob" // Package for encoding and decoding data
	"fmt"          // Package for formatted I/O
	"net"          // Package for network operations
)

// Message represents the structure of the message sent from the client to the server
type Message struct {
	Content string // Content field holds the actual message content
}

func main() {
	// Establish a connection to the server at "localhost:1234" using TCP protocol
	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", "localhost:1234")
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println("Error connecting to server:", err)
		return
	}
	defer conn.Close() // Close the connection before exiting the main function

	// Create an encoder to encode Go values into a binary format to be sent over the network connection
	encoder := gob.NewEncoder(conn)

	// Create a new message with the content "Hello, server!"
	message := Message{"Hello, server!"}

	// Encode the message and send it to the server through the connection
	err = encoder.Encode(message)
	if err != nil {
		fmt.Println("Error encoding message:", err)
		return
	}

	fmt.Println("Message sent to server:", message.Content) // Print the message content sent to the server
}