Sending both binary data and strings over the same stream

[tomPee]

Hehe,

Yeah, we figured we'd just go for the simplest policy of not supporting non-ASCII file names :P. It's not really a prerequisite either so we can easily skim on some on the difficulties there :).

Kind Regards,
Tom

[JosAH]

Hehe,

Yeah, we figured we'd just go for the simplest policy of not supporting non-ASCII file names :P. It's not really a prerequisite either so we can easily skim on some on the difficulties there :).

If you change your lines #8 and #14 to 'byte' instead of 'char' your entire class is prepared for Unicode names. The sender has to send the length of the file name measured in bytes of the encoded name. Your String constructor will take care of the decoding (if the encoding and decoding match).

kind regards,

Jos

[tomPee]

  final char[] ch = new char[fileNameLength];
             for (int i = 0; i < fileNameLength; i++) {
                 final int tmp = in.read();
                 if (tmp == -1) {
                     throw new IOException("End of stream prematurely ended.");
                 } else {
                     ch[i] = (char) tmp;
                 }
            }

One thing I'm wondering about then is... How do I determine how long the array of bytes for the filename has to be ? I'm assuming I'd just arbitrarily have to use a multiplier depending on the encoding used.

But I'm glad to know it is actually that simple, when we've got the basics done, I'll pitch the idea to the other group members and see if we will implement it or not :). Cause Java isn't the problem with the encoding then, it'll depend on the C++ side then.

[JosAH]

One thing I'm wondering about then is... How do I determine how long the array of bytes for the filename has to be ?

I assumed the sender sends the length of the file name (measured in bytes). According to your code you assume the same.

kind regards,

Jos

[devgupta01]

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[tomPee]

I assumed the sender sends the length of the file name (measured in bytes). According to your code you assume the same.

kind regards,

Jos

Ah yeah, offcourse. My bad.
Thanks :)