try
{
//set current board to the default board
currentBoard = (int[][])defaultBoard.clone();
//data streams from socket
out = socket.getOutputStream();
in = socket.getInputStream();
//wraps data streams for ease of use
inStream = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(in));
outStream = new PrintWriter(out, true);
//wrapper for object stream
objectStream = new ObjectOutputStream(out);
//initial communication to client
System.out.println("p-" + playerNumber);
outStream.println("p-" + playerNumber);
outStream.flush();
out.flush();
System.out.println(currentBoard[1][1]);
objectStream.writeObject(currentBoard);
System.out.println(currentBoard[1][1]);
objectStream.flush();
out.flush();
}
catch(IOException ioe)
{
System.out.println(ioe.getMessage());
}