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Objective-C

Receive an Exact Number of Bytes into a BinData

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Demonstrates Socket.ReceiveBdN, which receives exactly the requested number of bytes and appends them to a BinData, continuing until the full count is satisfied.

Background. Inactivity is controlled by MaxReadIdleMs: the call fails if incoming bytes halt for longer than MaxReadIdleMs milliseconds before the full amount is received. A single receive returns only what is currently available, whereas this counted receive waits for an exact number of bytes.

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Objective-C
#import <CkoSocket.h>
#import <CkoBinData.h>

BOOL success = NO;

CkoSocket *socket = [[CkoSocket alloc] init];

//  Connect to the server using TLS.
BOOL bTls = YES;
int maxWaitMs = 5000;
success = [socket Connect: @"example.com" port: [NSNumber numberWithInt: 5000] ssl: bTls maxWaitMs: [NSNumber numberWithInt: maxWaitMs]];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",socket.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

//  MaxReadIdleMs controls the inactivity limit for receiving.  The ReceiveBdN call will fail if
//  incoming bytes halt for longer than this many milliseconds before the full amount is received.
socket.MaxReadIdleMs = [NSNumber numberWithInt:15000];

//  Receive exactly the requested number of bytes, appending them to a BinData.  The method continues
//  receiving until the full count is satisfied or a failure occurs.
CkoBinData *bd = [[CkoBinData alloc] init];
success = [socket ReceiveBdN: 256 binData: bd];
if (success == NO) {
    NSLog(@"%@",socket.LastErrorText);
    return;
}

NSLog(@"%@%d%@",@"Received ",[bd.NumBytes intValue],@" bytes.");