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jerome
jerome

Reputation: 63

java inputstream not reading leading hex bytes

I've got a Telnet Client defined as:

    TelnetClient telnet = new TelnetClient();
    telnet.connect(server, port);

I then get the inputstream:

    InputStream in = telnet.getInputStream();

and then try to read stuff on it, in a loop:

    while (true) {
    int TEST = in.read();
    }

everything seems to go fine as I receive the "text" part of the input... but I'm missing the (very important for me!) leading bytes. Here is a snoop of what I see going on the port:

    64: a88f ffff 3034 3131 3032 3030 3030 3030    ¨...041102000000
    80: 3030 322e 3031 3131 2e36 2e34 2020 3135    002.0111.6.4  15
    96: 2e39 2e33 2020 3030 3132 30                .9.3  00120

notice the "ffff": that's the leading part I need (everything before is garbage: part of the TCP communication).

However, when printing my "TEST" variable, I only see the "041102...etc".

I've tried using BOMInputStream too, but I can't get it either.

=> would you have any idea on how I can receive those ?

Thanks for your help !

Upvotes: 0

Views: 321

Answers (2)

Rocky Pulley
Rocky Pulley

Reputation: 23321

You should be just using Socket instead of TelnetClient if you really want to see all of the data.

Upvotes: 1

Stephen C
Stephen C

Reputation: 719336

The input stream provided by a TelnetClient instance is only going to provide the data characters. Telenet protocol signalling stuff will have been filtered out by the TelnetClient code.

If you want to get hold of the signalling information, options, etcetera, you will need to use other methods in the TelnetClient API. There are a variety of approaches you could possibly try. For example, you could register an option handler, or a notification handler, or you could register a "spy stream".

Upvotes: 2

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