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.

import 'package:chilkat/chilkat.dart';

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

  // Connect to the server using TLS.
  final bTls = true;
  final maxWaitMs = 5000;
  try {
    socket.connect('example.com', 5000, bTls, maxWaitMs);
  } on ChilkatException catch (e) {
    print(e.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.
  final ready = socket.selectForReading(5000);
  if (ready < 0) {
    print(socket.lastErrorText);
    return;
  }

  if (ready != 1) {
    print('No data became available before the timeout.');
    return;
  }

  print('The socket has data ready to read.');
}