Read Text at a 32-bit Offset from a Remote SFTP File

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Demonstrates the Chilkat SFtp.ReadFileText32 method, which reads up to a number of bytes from a specific 32-bit byte offset of an open handle and decodes them to text. The arguments are the handle, the offset, the maximum number of bytes, and the charset.

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    boolean success = false;

    //  Demonstrates the SFtp.ReadFileText32 method, which reads up to a number of bytes from a
    //  specific 32-bit byte offset of an open handle and decodes them to text.  The 1st argument is
    //  the handle, the 2nd is the offset, the 3rd is the maximum number of bytes, and the 4th is the
    //  charset.

    CkSFtp sftp = new CkSFtp();

    //  Connect, authenticate, and initialize the SFTP subsystem.
    int port = 22;
    success = sftp.Connect("sftp.example.com",port);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, sftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Normally you would not hard-code the password in source.  You should instead obtain it
    //  from an interactive prompt, environment variable, or a secrets vault.
    String password = "mySshPassword";

    success = sftp.AuthenticatePw("mySshLogin",password);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, sftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    success = sftp.InitializeSftp();
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, sftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    String handle = sftp.openFile("subdir/record.dat","readOnly","openExisting");
    if (sftp.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, sftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Read 5 bytes starting at byte offset 10, without first reading the bytes before it.
    int offset = 10;
    int numBytes = 5;
    String text = sftp.readFileText32(handle,offset,numBytes,"utf-8");
    if (sftp.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, sftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, text);

    success = sftp.CloseHandle(handle);
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, sftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    sftp.Disconnect();

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}