Method Detail

• readLine

  public static void readLine(Socket socket,
                              StringBuilder buf,
                              int timeout)
                       throws IOException

  Read a line terminated by newline, with a total read timeout. Warning - strips \n but not \r Warning - 8KB line length limit as of 0.7.13, @throws IOException if exceeded

  Parameters:

  socket - the socket

  buf - output

  timeout - forever if if zero or negative

  Throws:

  SocketTimeoutException - if timeout is reached before newline

  EOFException - if EOF is reached before newline

  LineTooLongException - if too long

  IOException - on other errors in the underlying stream