Send a 16-bit Integer over a Socket

Demonstrates Socket.SendInt16, which sends the low 16 bits of a value as a two-byte integer in the selected byte order.

Background. Fixed-size integers and length prefixes are common building blocks for application-defined binary protocols. Byte order is selectable, with big-endian being network byte order.

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    success := false

    socket := chilkat.NewSocket()

    //  Connect to the server using TLS.
    bTls := true
    maxWaitMs := 5000
    success = socket.Connect("example.com",5000,bTls,maxWaitMs)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(socket.LastErrorText())
        socket.DisposeSocket()
        return
    }

    //  Send the low 16 bits of the value as a two-byte integer.  Use true for network byte order
    //  (big-endian) or false for little-endian.
    bBigEndian := true
    success = socket.SendInt16(1024,bBigEndian)
    if success == false {
        fmt.Println(socket.LastErrorText())
        socket.DisposeSocket()
        return
    }

    fmt.Println("16-bit integer sent.")

    socket.DisposeSocket()