Re: How can I detect a carriage return using java.net

From:
Martin Gregorie <martin@see.sig.for.address>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Wed, 01 Nov 2006 12:11:55 +0000
Message-ID:
<dhfm14-0dj.ln1@zoogz.gregorie.org>
EJP wrote:

... and the following program demonstrates clearly that I am stone cold
motherless wrong.

The only way it prints the RST line is if the write line is enabled. It
can't tell the difference between a reset and a FIN when reading.

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import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.ServerSocket;
import java.net.Socket;

public class SocketResetTest
{

    /** Creates a new instance of SocketResetTest */
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException
    {
        ServerSocket ss = new ServerSocket(0);
        Socket cs = new Socket("localhost", ss.getLocalPort());
        Socket cc = ss.accept();
        cc.getOutputStream().write("Hello".getBytes());
        cc.setSoLinger(false, 0);
        cc.close();
        ss.close();
        try
        {
            // This write detects the RST.
            // Without it, the read detects the EOS.
// cs.getOutputStream().write("H".getBytes());
            int c;
            while ((c = cs.getInputStream().read()) > 0)
                System.out.print((char)c);
            System.out.println("");
            System.out.println("Detected an EOS, seemed like a FIN");
        }
        catch (IOException exc)
        {
            System.out.println("Detected an error, seemed like an RST");
        }
        cs.close();
    }

}

An interesting test. Thanks for trying it and giving the results.
What host platform and stack were you using?

I doubt we'll get an more confirmation of the way the DEC UNIX
Alphaserver stack handles things: I haven't had access to such a system
since 2001 and there probably aren't many left these days.

A pity: DEC UNIX had its problems but the Alphaserver hardware was
startlingly fast: would you believe 18 developers using PCs and
Hummingbird X-term as terminals on a 150 MHz uniprocessor box and no
significant delays?

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