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Write Text at a 32-bit Offset in a Remote SFTP File

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Demonstrates the Chilkat SFtp.WriteFileText32 method, which encodes text and writes it at a specific 32-bit byte offset in an open handle. The arguments are the handle, the offset, the charset, and the text.

Background: Explicit-offset writes enable random access — patching a fixed-length record in place, for instance, without rewriting the whole file. The offset is a byte position, not a character position, so with a variable-width encoding like UTF-8 you must account for the encoded size of preceding characters to land where you intend. After the write, the sequential position continues just past the bytes written.

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// 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.WriteFileText32 method, which encodes text and writes it at a specific
    //  32-bit byte offset in an open handle.  The 1st argument is the handle, the 2nd is the offset,
    //  the 3rd is the charset, and the 4th is the text.

    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;
        }

    //  Open the remote file for read/write so an existing file can be modified in place.
    String handle = sftp.openFile("subdir/record.dat","readWrite","openOrCreate");
    if (sftp.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, sftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Overwrite 5 bytes starting at offset 10.  The offset is a byte position, not a character
    //  position, so it must account for the encoded size of any multibyte characters.
    int offset = 10;
    success = sftp.WriteFileText32(handle,offset,"utf-8","HELLO");
    if (success == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, sftp.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

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

    Log.i(TAG, "Wrote at the specified offset.");

    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."
  }
}