Writing to Socket outputStream w/o closing it

Hi,

I'd like to write some messages to the server.
Each time, for the tramsmitting only, I'm closing the outputStream and reopen it when I have to send the next message.

Code:

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                os.write(msgBytes);
                os.write("\r\n".getBytes());
                os.flush();
                os.close();

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Is it possible to keep the outputStream, os, open and still able to send the message?

Thanks.

have you tried it?
What happens?

I have found it in the client's code.
I have read the data from server:

Code:

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(count = inputStream.read(b) ) > -1

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which hold the data till server socket closed.
This couses to the problem.

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This couses to the problem.

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Not sure what this means. Could you explain?

Have you answered your question?

While reading the data with

Code:

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InputStraem.read(buffer)

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, you can accomulate the incoming data and have it available for a use.
In my code, I have read the data but process it after the reading returns with -1, which means "end of streaming". Actually, -1 means end of connection.
For finding the end of streaming you can use eather

Code:

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inputStream.available() == 0

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or reading the incoming data till reading some predifined set of bytes which are representing "End of Streaming".

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Actually, -1 means end of connection.

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-1 has got nothing to with connection, it simply denotes the end of stream.

InputStream (Java 2 Platform SE v1.4.2))

I meant to connection in context of InputStream / OutputStraem existeance/

As long as OutputStraem, of the sender, is not closed the the receiver's inputStraem.read(buffer) will never read -1, even if Sender has nothing more to send.