Receive a String from a Socket

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Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveString, which receives text and decodes it using StringCharset. It returns the first nonempty decoded result rather than draining all available data.

import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.ChilkatException;
import com.chilkatsoft.chilkat2.Socket;

public class ChilkatExample {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Socket socket = new Socket();

        // 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;
        try {
            socket.connect("example.com", 5000, bTls, maxWaitMs);
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        // StringCharset controls the character encoding used when sending and receiving text.
        socket.setStringCharset("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";
        String responseText;
        try {
            socket.sendString(command);

            // Receive text and decode it using StringCharset.  ReceiveString returns the first nonempty decoded
            // result; it does not keep reading to drain all available data.
            responseText = socket.receiveString();
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println(responseText);
    }
}