Java: Set non-blocking reading from connected socket

Question

Hello everyone!!!!!!!!!! my proxy/server receives requests from a client in this form:

GET mhttp://proxy_ip:proxy_port/file.mhtml\n
\n

and here's my code:

import java.io.*;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.net.ServerSocket;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;

public class ProxyMain {

public static void main(String argv[]) {

    int proxyPort = 55554;
    String proxyAddr = "127.0.0.1";
    ServerSocket proxySocket = null;

    try {
        proxySocket = new ServerSocket(proxyPort, 50,  InetAddress.getByName("127.0.0.1"));
    }

    catch (Exception e) {
        System.err.println("Impossible to create socket server!");
        System.out.flush();
        System.exit(1);
    }

    System.out.printf("Server active on port: %d and on address %s\n", proxyPort, proxySocket.getInetAddress());

    while (true) {
        Socket client = null;
        BufferedReader in = null;
        PrintWriter out = null;
        String request = new String();
        String tmp = new String();


        try {
            client = proxySocket.accept();
            System.out.println("Connected to: ");
            System.out.println(client.getInetAddress().toString());
            System.out.printf("On port %d\n", client.getPort());
            in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(client.getInputStream()));
            out = new PrintWriter(client.getOutputStream(), true);

        }

        /*catch (IOException e) {
            System.err.println("Couldn't get I/O for connection accepted");
            System.exit(1);
        }*/

        catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println("Error occurred!");
            System.exit(1);
        }

        System.out.println("Received request:");

        try{
            #####################################
                            while ((tmp = in.readLine()) != null)
            System.out.println(tmp);
            request = request + tmp;
                            #####################################
        }
        catch (IOException ioe) {
            System.err.println("Impossible to read mhttp request!");
            System.exit(1);
        }

        System.out.println(request);
    }

}

}

I have a problem in block delimited with #########. I don't know how to stop the method in.readLine(). First it reads: GET mhttp://proxy_ip:proxy_port/file.mhtml\n then it reads \n but then it blocks, still waiting to read but the request is finished. I think that the client keeps the connection alive, even after sending the request but I can't change this because it's my teacher's software. How can I solve this?

Have a look at: docs.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/io/… — Christophe Roussy
– Christophe Roussy, Commented Feb 25, 2013 at 14:00
Why do you read in a loop if you know you'll only ever need to read 2 lines? Just execute 2 readLine() calls...? — Greg Kopff
– Greg Kopff, Commented Feb 25, 2013 at 14:04
I was thinking it would be better to perform a general purpouse proxy...in order to accept any kind of request — SagittariusA
– SagittariusA, Commented Feb 25, 2013 at 14:18

yurib · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-25 14:12:57Z

1

don't read an entire line, read a single byte until you encounter a '\n' or perform 2 readlines as Greg suggests. in any case, since you know the exact format of the incoming message, adjust your code to read accordingly.

edited Feb 25, 2013 at 14:12

answered Feb 25, 2013 at 13:59

yurib

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