Receive a Line Terminated by CRLF

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Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveToCRLF, which receives text through a CRLF line terminator and returns the text including the terminator.

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 responseLine;
        try {
            socket.sendString(command);

            // Receive text through a CRLF line terminator, returning the text including the terminator.  This is
            // convenient for line-oriented text protocols in which each response is a CRLF-terminated line.
            responseLine = socket.receiveToCRLF();
        } catch (ChilkatException e) {
            System.out.println(e.getLastErrorText());
            return;
        }

        System.out.println(responseLine);
    }
}