Java TCP Client

TcpClient.java

public class Client {
  private static final int BUFFER_SIZE = 1056;
  private Socket socket;
  private PrintWriter outWriter;
  private BufferedReader inReader;
  
  public void PingPong() {
        outWriter.write("ping");
        outWriter.flush();
        Thread.sleep(1000L);
        System.out.println("Sent");

        CharBuffer buffer = CharBuffer.allocate(BUFFER_SIZE);
        int charsRead = inReader.read(buffer);
        String response = new String(buffer.array(), 0, charsRead);
        System.out.println("response: " + response);
    }
    
    public Client(String hostName, int portNumber) {
        try {
            socket = new Socket(hostName, portNumber);
            outWriter = new PrintWriter(socket.getOutputStream(), false);
            inReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            ex.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}