Poll a Socket for Available Data

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Demonstrates Socket.PollDataAvailable, which performs a nonblocking check for readable activity and returns whether data or another read-ready condition is present.

import com.chilkatsoft.*;

public class ChilkatExample {

  static {
    try {
        System.loadLibrary("chilkat");
    } catch (UnsatisfiedLinkError e) {
      System.err.println("Native code library failed to load.\n" + e);
      System.exit(1);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String argv[])
  {
    boolean success = false;

    CkSocket socket = new CkSocket();

    //  Connect to the server using TLS.
    boolean bTls = true;
    int maxWaitMs = 5000;
    success = socket.Connect("example.com",5000,bTls,maxWaitMs);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(socket.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Perform a nonblocking check for readable data.  Returns true when data or another read-ready
    //  condition is present, and false when nothing is immediately available.
    boolean bAvailable = socket.PollDataAvailable();
    if (bAvailable != true) {
        System.out.println("No data is immediately available.");
        }
    else {
        System.out.println("Data is available to read.");
        }
  }
}