beepcore-java-users

[Beepcore-java-users] Message as String

[Harsh D. <hda...@io...>]

- I have a profile that implements 'MessageListener' interface.
  When receiveMSG is called, a 'Message' object is passed to
  this profile. How do I get the payload of the message in
 'String' format?

- to compile the latest load as a 'release' version, I'm
  assuming I have to use 'dist' target for ant?

Harsh

Re: [Beepcore-java-users] Message as String

[Huston <hu...@us...>]

> - I have a profile that implements 'MessageListener' interface.
>   When receiveMSG is called, a 'Message' object is passed to
>   this profile. How do I get the payload of the message in
>  'String' format?

The simplest solution is to get an InputStream from the InputDataStream and
wrap that in a Reader. You could also get the BufferSegments from the
InputDataStream and convert the bytes to characters.

> - to compile the latest load as a 'release' version, I'm
>   assuming I have to use 'dist' target for ant?

dist will build the .tgz and .zip file that are uploaded to sourceforge. If
by 'release' you mean a non-debug version you need to set the debug property
in the ant build file appropriately.

--Huston

Re: [Beepcore-java-users] Message as String

[Harsh D. <hda...@io...>]

When 'receiveMSG' is called, can payload be assumed to have been
completely received? If not what are the steps client is expected
to take so that a complete payload is available for processing?

Could you also answer this question w.r.t. ReplyListener's receiveXXX
methods?

Thanks.

Huston said:
>> - I have a profile that implements 'MessageListener' interface.
>>   When receiveMSG is called, a 'Message' object is passed to
>>   this profile. How do I get the payload of the message in
>>  'String' format?
>
> The simplest solution is to get an InputStream from the InputDataStream
> and wrap that in a Reader. You could also get the BufferSegments from
> the InputDataStream and convert the bytes to characters.
>
>> - to compile the latest load as a 'release' version, I'm
>>   assuming I have to use 'dist' target for ant?
>
> dist will build the .tgz and .zip file that are uploaded to
> sourceforge. If by 'release' you mean a non-debug version you need to
> set the debug property in the ant build file appropriately.
>
> --Huston


Harsh Daharwal
(972)424-6931

Re: [Beepcore-java-users] Message as String

[Huston <hu...@us...>]

> When 'receiveMSG' is called, can payload be assumed to have been
> completely received? If not what are the steps client is expected
> to take so that a complete payload is available for processing?
>
> Could you also answer this question w.r.t. ReplyListener's receiveXXX
> methods?

It is the same for both receiveMSG and receiveXXX. The method is called when
the first frame of a message is received. The isComplete() method on
InputDataStream can be used to determine when the last frame is received
(also the waitForNextSegment and read methods will return null and 0
respectfully after the last frame has been 'read').

One thing to note is that if the channel's window fills up, more data will
not be received until the already received data is 'read'. So I would not
recommend waiting until all of the frames have been received before reading
any of the data unless you are absolutely sure that the message will be less
than the window size.

--Huston