Wait for a Socket to Become Readable

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Demonstrates Socket.SelectForReading, which waits for read-ready activity on the socket, or on any contained socket when the object is a socket set. It returns 1 if ready, 0 on timeout, or -1 on error.

bool success = false;

Chilkat.Socket socket = new Chilkat.Socket();

//  Connect to the server using TLS.
bool bTls = true;
int maxWaitMs = 5000;
success = socket.Connect("example.com",5000,bTls,maxWaitMs);
if (success == false) {
    Debug.WriteLine(socket.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  Wait up to 5 seconds for read-ready activity on the socket (or, for a socket set, on any contained
//  socket).  Returns 1 if ready, 0 on timeout, or -1 on error.
int ready = socket.SelectForReading(5000);
if (ready < 0) {
    Debug.WriteLine(socket.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

if (ready != 1) {
    Debug.WriteLine("No data became available before the timeout.");
    return;
}

Debug.WriteLine("The socket has data ready to read.");