Re: Non destructive read of socket
Mark wrote:
Is it possible to do a non-destructive read on a socket in Java? I
want the functionality similar to the C library recv() using the
MSG_PEEK flag.
More information:
I am implementing an API in Java which needs to send a "are you alive"
application message over a socket. In reply it will get a "I am
alive" message. However there may be another type of message already
waiting which the API must not read. The presence of any message will
be enough for the API call to succeed. The "I am alive" message can
just be discarded if it is read later.
I realize I could buffer the messages internally, but I would prefer
to avoid this if possible owning to the risk of losing a message if
the application is terminated.
I think you are going about this the wrong way. If you have messages
that you don't want to lose in the input buffer, read them, store them
if you have to but read them. If the sending end of the socket is
closed you will know that immediately. The sending end can also send a
keep alive packet if it hasn't sent any data in some time period. If
the receiving end doesn't get something from the sender every period and
a half say, it disconnects and retries. The sender can even be stupid
and just send a time hack.
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