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  1. 06-06-2009, 01:17 AM #1
    Singing Boyo
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    Default ObjectInputStream wait for readable objects

    Hi all. I have a Server/Client program where they send Objects back and forth. I'm wondering if it is possible to make the ObjectInputStreams block until there is an object that can be read. Currently I get exceptions when I try to run the program because there is nothing in the stream that can be read. Is there any way to do this?

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    Send a dummy object first so that the stream's headers get set up. Subsequent read() calls should then block?
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    ObjectInputStream.readObject() does not block. Period. I don't think that there is anything I can do about it, other than looping endlessly around my try/catch block until I get an object... But that would just seem messy and inefficient. Hopefully I'm wrong...
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