Re: Problem with Proxy Server Code in Java

From:
roassaf@gmail.com
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
22 Mar 2007 02:55:23 -0700
Message-ID:
<1174557323.591517.122650@p15g2000hsd.googlegroups.com>
On Mar 22, 1:35 am, "SadRed" <cardinal_r...@yahoo.co.jp> wrote:

On Mar 22, 6:52 am, roas...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi,

I am trying to write a very simple Proxy Server.
When I run the code below (it's only the main part of the code.
Everything compiles)
I have a problem that the read of input stream seem to hang.
I marked the problematic line.
(while ((bytesRead = istream.read(response)) >= 0))
It never prints "inside loop" and after a few checks I found out that
the read is the problem.
Can anyone see a problem in the code?

Thanks for you help

The code:

Integer port = new Integer(_props.getProperty("proxy.port"));
                ServerSocket serverSocket = new
ServerSocket(port.intValue());
                Socket socket = null;
                String fullRequest = "";
                while(true) {

                    socket = serverSocket.accept();

                    InputStream istream = socket.getInputStream();
                    OutputStream ostream = socket.getOutputStream();

                    StringBuffer headers = new StringBuffer();
                    int byteRead = 0;
                    while (!endOfHeaders(headers) && (byteRead =
istream.read()) >= 0) {
                        headers.append((char) byteRead);

                    }

                    HttpRequestHeader header = new
HttpRequestHeader(headers.toString());

                    ostream.write(header.asciiGetBytes(false));

                    int bytesRead = -1;
                    byte[] response = new byte[4096];
                    System.out.println("Before loop");
                    //Hangs on the read right below.
       The problem----->>>>> while ((bytesRead =
istream.read(response)) >= 0) {
                          System.out.println("Inside loop");
                        ostream.write(response, 0, bytesRead);
                        ostream.flush();
                        System.out.write(response, 0, bytesRead);
                    }
                      System.out.println("After loop");
                    socket.close();


We see several unknown methods here.
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We may need to see your client code as well.


This is the entire code: (it can be fully compiled)

import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import com.ibm.wbi.protocol.http.*;
import com.ibm.wbi.util.*;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.net.ServerSocket;

public class ProxyServer {

    private WebCacheDB _cache;
    private Properties _props;
    /**
     * Constructor.
     */
    public ProxyServer() throws ProxyServerException {

            try {
                _props = new Properties();
                _props.load(new FileInputStream("proxy.properties"));
                _cache = new WebCacheDB(_props.getProperty("login"));
            }
            catch(Exception e) {
                throw new ProxyServerException(e.getMessage());
            }
    }

    /**
     * Starts the proxy, that is, listening and serving requests.
     */
    public void start() throws ProxyServerException {

            try {

                Integer port = new
Integer(_props.getProperty("proxy.port"));
                ServerSocket serverSocket = new
ServerSocket(port.intValue());
                Socket socket = null;
                String fullRequest = "";
                while(true) {

                    socket = serverSocket.accept();
                    /*BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader
                        (new
InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
                    String lineRead = null;

                    //reads the request.
                    while ((lineRead = reader.readLine()) != null) {
                        fullRequest += lineRead;
                        } */

                    InputStream istream = socket.getInputStream();
                    OutputStream ostream = socket.getOutputStream();

                    StringBuffer headers = new StringBuffer();
                    int byteRead = 0;
                    while (!endOfHeaders(headers) && (byteRead =
istream.read()) >= 0) {
                        headers.append((char) byteRead);

                    }

                    HttpRequestHeader header = new
HttpRequestHeader(headers.toString());

                    ostream.write(header.asciiGetBytes(false));

                    int bytesRead = -1;
                    byte[] response = new byte[4096];
                    System.out.println("Before loop");

                    while ((bytesRead = istream.read(response)) >= 0)
{
                          System.out.println("Inside loop");
                        ostream.write(response, 0, bytesRead);
                        ostream.flush();
                        System.out.write(response, 0, bytesRead);
                    }
                      System.out.println("After loop");
                    socket.close();
                    //if(!serverSocket.isClosed())
                    // serverSocket.close();
                }

            }
            catch(Exception e) {
                   throw new ProxyServerException(e.getMessage());
                  //System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            }

    }

    /**
     * Constructs the tables of the cache.
     */
    public void constructCacheTables() throws ProxyServerException{
            try {
                _cache.createTables();
            }
            catch(Exception e) {
                throw new ProxyServerException(e.getMessage());

            }
    }

    /**
     * Deletes the tables of the cache.
     */
    public void deleteCacheTables()throws ProxyServerException {
            try {
                _cache.deleteTables();
            }
            catch(Exception e) {
                throw new ProxyServerException(e.getMessage());
            }
        }

    /**
     * Clears the content of the cache (the tables are NOT deleted).
     */
    public void clearCache() {

            _cache.clearCache();
    }

    /**
     * Termination. This method closes resources like statements,
connections,
     * This method DOES NOT DELETE any table or table data.
     */
    public void terminate() {

            _cache.terminate();
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

        ProxyServer server = new ProxyServer();
        server.start();
    }
    public static boolean endOfHeaders(StringBuffer headers) {
        int lastIndex = headers.length() - 1;
        if (lastIndex < 3 || headers.charAt(lastIndex) != '\n')
            return false;
        return (headers.substring(lastIndex - 3, lastIndex + 1)
                .equals("\r\n\r\n"));
    }
}

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