Receive a String from a Socket

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Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveString, which receives text and decodes it using StringCharset. It returns the first nonempty decoded result rather than draining all available data.

import 'package:chilkat/chilkat.dart';

void main() {
  final socket = CkSocket();

  // Connect to the server using TLS.  The 3rd argument enables the TLS handshake after the TCP
  // connection succeeds; the 4th is the maximum time to wait, in milliseconds.
  final bTls = true;
  final maxWaitMs = 5000;
  try {
    socket.connect('example.com', 5000, bTls, maxWaitMs);
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // StringCharset controls the character encoding used when sending and receiving text.
  socket.stringCharset = 'utf-8';
  // Send a request using a simple application-defined text protocol in which each message ends with a
  // CRLF.
  final command = 'STATUS\r\n';
  try {
    socket.sendString(command);
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  // Receive text and decode it using StringCharset.  ReceiveString returns the first nonempty decoded
  // result; it does not keep reading to drain all available data.
  final String responseText;
  try {
    responseText = socket.receiveString();
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  print(responseText);
}