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Reputation: 3

Socket ObjectOutputStream writeUTF() and ObjectInputStream readUTF() not working

I was trying to do a chat and I notice that readUTF() and writeUTF() did not work. readUTF() stays waiting when I already used writeUTF(). I made a simple test and does not work, what I am doing bad?

(I know that I could use Data Streams instead of Object Streams but in my chat I want to write objects and strings)

Server code:

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.net.ServerSocket;
import java.net.Socket;

public class Server {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        ServerSocket server = new ServerSocket(40001);

        Socket s = server.accept();
        ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(s.getOutputStream());
        ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(s.getInputStream());

        System.out.println(in.readUTF());
        out.writeUTF("E");
    }
}

Client code:

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
import java.net.Socket;

public class Client {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        Socket s = new Socket("localhost", 40001);
        ObjectOutputStream out = new ObjectOutputStream(s.getOutputStream());
        ObjectInputStream in = new ObjectInputStream(s.getInputStream());

        out.writeUTF("A");
        System.out.println(in.readUTF());
    }
}

I could use writeObject("A") and cast the String with readObject(), but I want to know why this way does not work.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 298

Answers (1)

Mark Rotteveel
Mark Rotteveel

Reputation: 109001

You need to call flush() after writing using writeUTF. The reason that writeObject just seems to work is that writeObject will switch to a specific mode before it starts writing, and switch back after it is done. This switching back will automatically flush the buffered data (at least in Java 11). This is not the case for writeUTF, and an explicit call to flush() is needed.

Upvotes: 2

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