IP Address is now accepted as input in MercurysServer.java

src/com/mercurys/MercurysServer.java

@@ -3,14 +3,15 @@
 import com.mercurys.handlers.ServerSocketHandler;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Scanner;
 
 public class MercurysServer {
 
     private ServerSocketHandler serverSocketHandler;
 
     private MercurysServer(final int port) {
         try {
-            serverSocketHandler = new ServerSocketHandler(port);
+            serverSocketHandler = new ServerSocketHandler(getIPAddress(), port);
         } catch (final IOException e) {
             System.out.println("Exception occurred!");
             e.printStackTrace();
@@ -23,6 +24,11 @@ public static void main(final String[] args) {
         System.out.println("Thank you for using Project Mercurys!");
     }
 
+    private String getIPAddress() {
+        System.out.println("Enter your device's LAN IP address: ");
+        return new Scanner(System.in).nextLine();
+    }
+
     private void startTalking() {
         try {
             serverSocketHandler.talkToClient();

src/com/mercurys/handlers/ServerSocketHandler.java

@@ -14,15 +14,14 @@ public class ServerSocketHandler {
     private MediaReaderThread incomingReaderThread;
     private MessageHandler messageHandler;
 
-    public ServerSocketHandler(int serverPort) throws IOException {
+    public ServerSocketHandler(String hostIPAddress, int serverPort) throws IOException {
         serverSocket = new ServerSocket();
-        initialiseServerSocket(serverPort);
+        initialiseServerSocket(hostIPAddress, serverPort);
         acceptClientRequest();
         initialiseIO();
     }
 
-    private void initialiseServerSocket(int serverPort) throws IOException {
-        String hostAddress = "192.168.0.151"; //replace with one's own LAN IP address
+    private void initialiseServerSocket(String hostAddress, int serverPort) throws IOException {
         serverSocket.bind(new InetSocketAddress(hostAddress, serverPort));
         System.out.println("""
                 Server initiated.