how to send an array of bytes over a TCP connection (java programming)

Question

Can somebody demonstrate how to send an array of bytes over a TCP connection from a sender program to a receiver program in Java.

byte[] myByteArray
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Answer 1

Here is an example that streams 100 byte wav file frames at a time.

private Socket socket;

public void streamWav(byte[] myByteArray, int start, int len) throws IOException {

    Path path = Paths.get("path/to/file.wav");

    byte[] data = Files.readAllBytes(path);

    OutputStream out = socket.getOutputStream();
    DataOutputStream os = new DataOutputStream(out);

    os.writeInt(len);
    if (len > 0) {
        os.write(data, start, len);
    }
}

public void readWav() throws IOException {

    InputStream in = socket.getInputStream();

    int frameLength = 100; // use useful number of bytes

    int input;
    boolean active = true;

    while(active) {
        byte[] frame = new byte[frameLength];
        for(int i=0; i