holy smokes what a mess

java/libraries/net/src/processing/net/Client.java

@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ public class Client implements Runnable {
 
   Thread thread;
   Socket socket;
-  String ip;
   int port;
   String host;
 
@@ -274,7 +273,10 @@ public class Client implements Runnable {
    * @brief Returns the IP address of the machine as a String
    */
   public String ip() {
-    return socket.getInetAddress().getHostAddress();
+    if (socket != null){
+      return socket.getInetAddress().getHostAddress();
+    }
+    return null;
   }
 
 

java/libraries/net/src/processing/net/Server.java

@@ -178,6 +178,15 @@ public class Server implements Runnable {
   }
 
   
+  /**
+   * Return true if this server is still active and hasn't run
+   * into any trouble.
+   */
+  public boolean active() {
+    return thread != null;
+  }
+  
+  
   static public String ip() {
     try {
       return InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostAddress();
@@ -310,8 +319,8 @@ public class Server implements Runnable {
   public void write(int data) {  // will also cover char
     int index = 0;
     while (index < clientCount) {
-      clients[index].write(data);
       if (clients[index].active()) {
+        clients[index].write(data);
         index++;
       } else {
         removeIndex(index);
@@ -323,8 +332,8 @@ public class Server implements Runnable {
   public void write(byte data[]) {
     int index = 0;
     while (index < clientCount) {
-      clients[index].write(data);
       if (clients[index].active()) {
+        clients[index].write(data);
         index++;
       } else {
         removeIndex(index);
@@ -336,8 +345,8 @@ public class Server implements Runnable {
   public void write(String data) {
     int index = 0;
     while (index < clientCount) {
-      clients[index].write(data);
       if (clients[index].active()) {
+        clients[index].write(data);
         index++;
       } else {
         removeIndex(index);

java/libraries/serial/src/processing/serial/Serial.java

@@ -135,6 +135,15 @@ public class Serial implements SerialPortEventListener {
   }
 
   
+  /**
+   * Return true if this port is still active and hasn't run
+   * into any trouble.
+   */
+  public boolean active() {
+    return port.isOpened();
+  }
+
+
   public void pre() {
     if (serialAvailableMethod != null && invokeSerialAvailable) {
       invokeSerialAvailable = false;