Reading from sockets

[qool]

Hi,

I am trying to make a really basic server that echoes whatever it receives from the client connected to it. Catch being the client is written in c++. The client sends an initiating packet to the server, which I am trying to echo to output.

I am using BufferedReader to read the incoming data from the socket. The problem is that even if I read each char, I cannot read the last char of incoming stream until the client disconnects.

When I use BufferedReader.readLine(), the server won't print anything until the client disconnects and then it prints the whole packet.

When I use BufferedReader.read(), to read single bytes and print them onto screen, all the bytes save the last get written to output. The last byte gets written when client disconnects.

I have been searching for a solution to this for quiet some time now.

The server code otherwise is fine, because if I telnet to the same port, the server echos perfectly.

In the past I have used a simple server written in C to echo everything from the same client.

I am not sure where the problem is, and any help or pointers would be highly appreciated.

-Q

[r035198x]

Perhaps there is a problem in your code for reading the data. Could you post that part of the code?

[Nepomuk]

Another idea: Does the server flush the output before it is closed? If not, doing so may solve the problem.

Greetings,
Nepomuk