Socket, BufferedReader hangs at readLine()

Question

I have a server which initially does this:-

BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(s.getInputStream()));
for (;;) {
  String cmdLine =          


        

Answer 1

I had the same problem and here is my solution:

try {
    StringBuilder response = new StringBuilder();
    response.append("SERVER -> CLIENT message:").append(CRLF);
    //Infinite loop
    while (true) {
        //Checks wheather the stream is ready
        if (in.ready()) {
            //Actually read line 
            lastLineFromServer = in.readLine();
            //If we have normal behavior at the end of stream
            if (lastLineFromServer != null) {
                response
                        .append(lastLineFromServer)
                        .append(CRLF);
            } else {
                return response.toString();
            }
        } else {//If stream is not ready
            //If number of tries is not exceeded
            if (numberOfTry < MAX_NUMBER_OF_TRIES) {
                numberOfTry++;
                //Wait for stream to become ready
                Thread.sleep(MAX_DELAY_BEFORE_NEXT_TRY);
            } else {//If number of tries is exeeded
                //Adds warning that things go weired
                response
                        .append("WARNING \r\n")
                        .append("Server sends responses not poroperly.\r\n")
                        .append("Response might be incomplete.")
                        .append(CRLF);
                return response.toString();
            }
        }
    }
} catch (Exception ex) {
    ex.printStackTrace();
    return "";
}