Receive Text up to a Matching Sequence

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Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveUntilMatch, which receives bytes until an exact byte sequence is found. The match string is encoded using StringCharset and compared byte-for-byte.

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 bytes until an exact byte sequence is found.  The match string is encoded using
  // StringCharset and compared byte-for-byte.  Here the server marks the end of its response with an
  // application-defined marker.
  final String response;
  try {
    response = socket.receiveUntilMatch('<EOM>');
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  print(response);
}