Wait for a Socket to Become Readable

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Demonstrates Socket.SelectForReading, which waits for read-ready activity on the socket, or on any contained socket when the object is a socket set. It returns 1 if ready, 0 on timeout, or -1 on error.

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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    var socket = new chilkat.Socket();

    //  Connect to the server using TLS.
    var bTls = true;
    var maxWaitMs = 5000;
    success = socket.Connect("example.com",5000,bTls,maxWaitMs);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(socket.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    //  Wait up to 5 seconds for read-ready activity on the socket (or, for a socket set, on any contained
    //  socket).  Returns 1 if ready, 0 on timeout, or -1 on error.
    var ready = socket.SelectForReading(5000);
    if (ready < 0) {
        console.log(socket.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    if (ready !== 1) {
        console.log("No data became available before the timeout.");
        return;
    }

    console.log("The socket has data ready to read.");

}

chilkatExample();