Java Program for Multithreaded GUI Based Chat Client

AppClient.java

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;

public class AppClient extends Frame implements ActionListener,Runnable
{
	//Declarations
	Button b;
	TextField tf;
	TextArea ta;
	Socket s;
	PrintWriter pw;
	BufferedReader br;
	Thread th;

	public AppClient()
	{
		Frame f=new Frame("Client Side Chatting");//Frame for Client
		f.setLayout(new FlowLayout());//set layout
		f.setBackground(Color.orange);//set background color of the Frame
		b=new Button("Send");//Send Button
		b.addActionListener(this);//Add action listener to send button.
		f.addWindowListener(new W1());//add Window Listener to the Frame
		tf=new TextField(15);
		ta=new TextArea(12,20);
		ta.setBackground(Color.cyan);
		f.add(tf);//Add TextField to the frame
		f.add(b);//Add send Button to the frame
		f.add(ta);//Add TextArea to the frame
		try{
			s=new Socket(InetAddress.getByName("172.16.3.63"),12000);//Socket for client
			//below line reads input from InputStreamReader
			br=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(s.getInputStream()));
			//below line writes output to OutPutStream
			pw=new PrintWriter(s.getOutputStream(),true);
		}catch(Exception e) {}
		th=new Thread(this);//start a new thread
		th.setDaemon(true);//set the thread as demon
		th.start();
		setFont(new Font("Arial",Font.BOLD,20));
		f.setSize(200,200);//set the size
		f.setVisible(true);
		f.setLocation(100,300);//set the location
		f.validate();
	}
	//method required to close the Frame on clicking "X" icon.
	private class W1 extends WindowAdapter
	{
		public void windowClosing(WindowEvent we) {
			System.exit(0);
		}
	}
	//This method will called after clicking on Send button.
	public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent ae)
	{
		pw.println(tf.getText());//write the value of textfield into PrintWriter
		tf.setText("");//clean the textfield
	}
	//Thread running as a process in background
	public void run()
	{
		while(true)
		{
			try{
				ta.append(br.readLine()+"\n");//Append to TextArea
			}catch(Exception e) {}
		}
	}
	//Main method
	public static void main(String args[])
	{
		//Instantiate AppClient class
		AppClient client = new AppClient();
	}
}