Data not sent after flush() with a DataOutputStream on a Socket

[Florent Coué]

Hi,

when I write and flush some data (several packets => several write()) on a
DataOutputStream associated to a Socket, from a certain quantity of data,
the last sent data are lost.

Is there any problem with the method flush() of OutputStream ?

Do you another solution that have a sleep() before closing socket ?

Here is a example of my program :

====================
Socket socket = new Socket();
socket.connect(new InetSocketAddress(adresseIP, port), timeout);
DataOutputStream output = new
DataOutputStream(socket.getOutputStream());
...


for (int i = 0; i < listData.size(); j++)
{
output.write( (byte[])listData.elementAt(i) );
}
output.flush();

output.close();
socket.close();
=======================

Thanks for help
Florent

 

[Gordon Beaton]

when I write and flush some data (several packets => several
write()) on a DataOutputStream associated to a Socket, from a
certain quantity of data, the last sent data are lost.

I suspect that the problem is at the far end of the connection. What
does the receiver of the data look like?

You could also try socket.shutdownOutput(), wait for EOF on the
*InputStream* associated with the socket (indicating that the remote
has closed), and finally socket.close().

/gordon

 

[EJP]

The problem here is that you aren't taking any notice of the return
value of write(). It is not guaranteed to write the number of bytes you
ask it to, and you have to cope with the resulting situation.