only one side??

[basha khan]

i have one socket.
my socket is having one inputstream(in) and one outputstream(out).
suppose my inputstream is waiting like
in.readline() //waits here ..not getting the data ... waits
then
if i am trying to put some value to my outputstream .. like
out.write("somevalue");
what will happen to the "somevalue" in my outputstream?.is the value sent??.(consider my inputstream.it's still waits for data).
i tried..data not sending.socket connection is acting like a one channel canal.
but i want to sent my data when inputstream waits(unavoidable).what to do??.anyone knowing?
welcome to all logics & tricks.
basha
SCJP

[Jon Dornback]

it sounds like you are using the old style "blocking" IO streams. Are you using two separate threads for read/write ops? if not, then your program will "block" at the read method until it receives input - the rest of your program will not execute.
to avoid this, look in to the java.nio package (java 1.4 and above). it has the capabilities for non-blocking IO. There are some great tutorials out there - i've listed a couple links below, do a google search for more. nio takes some getting used to, but it is very worthwhile to learn.

http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-09-2001/jw-0907-merlin.html
http://www.owlmountain.com/tutorials/NonBlockingIo.htm

[basha khan]

hi jon,

it sounds like you are using the old style "blocking" IO streams. Are you using two separate threads for read/write ops?

Defenitely i m using old style.I m not aware of nio package yet.
thank u jon
basha