Question

I’m working a client/server application where I have to read bytes from the data received on the server. I’m trying to convert it from Java to C# but I can’t seem to solve this one! T

Java code:

byte[] bucket = new byte[4];
this.socket.getInputStream().read(bucket, 0, 2);

And now I need the same code in C#! Hope you can help me out!

Answer 1

If you want a like-for-like port, the most sensible thing is probably to wrap the socket in a NetworkStream, which then acts a lot like the getInputStream result (except you would only do it once), i.e.

var ns = new NetworkStream(socket);
...
int bytesRead = ns.Read(bucket, 0, 2);

but remember to ensure that ns is disposed when you are done (ideally via using). If you want to use the socket directly, you’ll have to use the Receive method on the socket.