[2864] in java-interest
C structures and Java
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Afergan)
Wed Oct 18 17:42:34 1995
From: mikea@ai.mit.edu (Michael Afergan)
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 15:28:41 -0400
To: suresh@shop.internet.net
Cc: java-interest@java.sun.com
In-Reply-To: Suresh K Jois's message of Wed, 18 Oct 1995 10:39:49 -0700 <9510181739.AA00932@internet.net>
How should I read the information? Will it simply be a string
followed by an int, followed by...whatever the C server sends? If so,
how easily will this translate in to Java data types?
-- Mike
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> I am receiving information as a socket client. If the server is
>written in C, is there any easy way for me to interpret the data if it
>is sent as a structure? If so, are there any limitations of the
>fields within it (I assume that pointers are outlawed.)? Has anyone
>tried something like this before, or is it better to change the C
>server to send characters? (I'm assuming that if the C server sends a
>character, my applet will have no trouble translating it into the same
>character.)
I've done this before. I assume your client is a Java program or applet, and
the server communicates over a socket. If yes, it is best to send characters
(sprintf to a char array and write() it down the socket).
- Suresh
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