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Receive a Bounded String from a Socket

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Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveStringMaxN, which receives and decodes text like ReceiveString but reads at most a given number of input bytes.

Background. The limit is measured in bytes, not Unicode characters, so a byte limit can split a multibyte character or a protocol token. Decoding uses StringCharset.

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Java
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.  The 3rd argument enables the TLS handshake after the TCP
    //  connection succeeds; the 4th is the maximum time to wait, in milliseconds.
    boolean bTls = true;
    int maxWaitMs = 5000;
    success = socket.Connect("example.com",5000,bTls,maxWaitMs);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(socket.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  StringCharset controls the character encoding used when sending and receiving text.
    socket.put_StringCharset("utf-8");
    //  Send a request using a simple application-defined text protocol in which each message ends with a
    //  CRLF.
    String command = "STATUS\r\n";
    success = socket.SendString(command);
    if (success == false) {
        System.out.println(socket.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    //  Receive and decode text like ReceiveString, but read at most the given number of input bytes.
    //  The limit is measured in bytes, not Unicode characters.
    String firstChunk = socket.receiveStringMaxN(64);
    if (socket.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        System.out.println(socket.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    System.out.println(firstChunk);
  }
}