diff --git a/src/se/vidstige/jadb/JadbConnection.java b/src/se/vidstige/jadb/JadbConnection.java
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+package se.vidstige.jadb;
+
+import java.io.DataInput;
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
+import java.net.Socket;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+import java.nio.CharBuffer;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+
+public class JadbConnection {
+	
+	private Socket _socket;
+	private static final int DEFAULTPORT = 5037;
+	
+	public JadbConnection() throws UnknownHostException, IOException
+	{
+		_socket = new Socket("localhost", DEFAULTPORT);
+				
+	}
+
+	public void getHostVersion() throws IOException {
+		OutputStreamWriter writer = new OutputStreamWriter(_socket.getOutputStream());
+		DataInput reader = new DataInputStream(_socket.getInputStream());
+		writer.write("000Chost:version");
+		writer.flush();
+		byte[] response = new byte[4];
+		reader.readFully(response);
+		System.out.println(new String(response, Charset.forName("utf-8")));		
+	}
+	
+	public void close() throws IOException
+	{
+		_socket.close();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/test/se/vidstige/jadb/test/JadbTestCases.java b/test/se/vidstige/jadb/test/JadbTestCases.java
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+package se.vidstige.jadb.test;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import se.vidstige.jadb.JadbConnection;
+
+public class JadbTestCases {
+
+	@Test
+	public void test() throws Exception {
+		JadbConnection jadb = new JadbConnection();
+		jadb.getHostVersion();
+	}
+}