Question

Hello I am currently working with sockets and input/output streams. I have a strange problem with my loop I use to send bytes. For some reason it get stuck when it tries to read from the inputstream when it is supposed to stop. Does anyone have any idea whats wrong?

     int bit;
     final byte[] request = new byte[1024];

     if (response instanceof InputStream)
     {   
         while ((bit = response.read(request)) > 0) { // <-- Stuck here
             incoming.getOutputStream().write(request,0,bit);
             incoming.getOutputStream().flush();
         }
     }   
     incoming.close();

Answer 1

InputStream.read blocks until input data is available, end of file is detected, or an exception is thrown.

You don’t catch the exception, and don’t check for EOF.