[erlang-questions] Bi-directional Java/Erlang socket communication?

[Dan Rubino]

Hi Pablo,

Thanks I will give that a go! Still getting used to the Erlang
libraries/API's.

Thanks,
Dan

On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 12:20 -0300, Pablo Polvorin wrote:
> I guess readLine() is blocked waiting to receive a line.., isn't it?
> also, gen_tcp:send(Socket,<<"Test String">>) is probably what you want
> instead of using term_to_binary/1
> 
> 
> 
> 2008/9/13 Dan Rubino <webaccounts@REDACTED>
>         Hi all,
>         
>         I have an Erlang process which uses gen_tcp:listen/recv/send.
>         
>         Now I can send/receive messages Erlang<->Erlang but if I use a
>         Java
>         process I can only send messages to Erlang from Java and not
>         vice versa.
>         
>         The Java used to send and receive is pretty simple:
>         
>                Socket s = new Socket(host, 2345);
>         
>                System.out.println("Connected to socket on: " + host +
>         ":" + 2345);
>         
>                DataOutputStream os = new
>         DataOutputStream(s.getOutputStream());
>         
>                String a = "Hello, world |23|24|26.";
>         
>                os.write(a.getBytes());
>         
>                BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new
>         InputStreamReader(s.getInputStream()));
>         
>         System.out.println("echo: " + in.readLine());
>         
>         
>         The Erlang code which works (broken down but in reality is
>         across
>         multiple modules):
>         
>         {ok, Listen} = gen_tcp:listen(Port, [binary, {packet, 0},
>         {reuseaddr,
>         true}, {active, false}]),
>         
>         Which leads to:
>         
>         receive
>                true ->
>                    {ok, Socket} = gen_tcp:accept(Listen),
>                    try gen_tcp:accept(Listen) of
>                        {ok, Socket} ->
>                            spawn(fun() -> parallel_loop(Listen,
>         CallBackMod) end),
>                            CallBackMod:handle_call({socket,Socket}),
>         
>         which leads to:
>         
>         handle_call({socket, Socket}) ->
>            case gen_tcp:recv(Socket, 0) of
>                {ok, Data} ->
>                    io:format("Data received: ~p~n", [Data]),
>                    gen_tcp:send(Socket, term_to_binary("Test
>         String")),
>                    handle_call({socket, Socket});
>                {error, closed} ->
>                    io:format("Socket closed.~n"),
>                    ok;
>                Val ->
>                    io:format("Val: ~p~n", [Val])
>            end.
>         
>         Like I say, the Erlang process can read the data sent from the
>         Java process too it but for some reason
>         which I am not totally sure of - the java process is unable to
>         pickup the data being sent back from the
>         Erlang process using gen_tcp:send()
>         
>         Has anyone here got any experience performing socket
>         communication between Erlang and Java?
>         
>         There doesnt seem to be any useful articles on the Net around
>         this unfortunately.
>         
>         Any help greatly appreciated - a java example would be great!
>         
>         Thanks
>         
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