Error When Sending String Between Client And Server

Question

When I send a String from my client to my server, the server always throws a

java.net.SocketException: Connection reset

If I send a Integer or other types other than a String, the exception would not have been thrown and the program runs absolutely fine.

Client Class:

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;

public class TestingClient {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            Socket clientSocket = new Socket("localhost", 9998);

            DataOutputStream outputStream = new DataOutputStream(clientSocket.getOutputStream());

            outputStream.flush();

            outputStream.writeBytes("hello");

        } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }


    }

}

Server Class:

import java.io.*;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.*;

public class TestingServer {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        try {
            ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(9998);
            Socket connectionToClient = serverSocket.accept();
            BufferedReader input = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connectionToClient.getInputStream()));              

            System.out.println(input.readLine());

        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }


    }

}

Elliott Frisch · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-22 01:41:01Z

1

Well, "hello" isn't a byte[]. On the client, write the String with DataOutputStream.writeUTF(String) and then flush(). Something like

outputStream.writeUTF("hello");
outputStream.flush();

and on the server, you can't use a BufferedReader. You need something like DataInputStream.readUTF()

DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream(
        connectionToClient.getInputStream());
System.out.println(dis.readUTF());

answered Apr 22, 2015 at 1:41

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