I'm trying to develop a simple Java file transfer application using TCP. My current server code is as follows:
package tcp.ftp;
import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.ServerSocket;
import java.net.Socket;
public class FTPServer {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new FTPServer().go();
}
void go() {
try {
ServerSocket server = new ServerSocket(2015);
System.out.println("server is running ....!");
while (true) {
Socket socket = server.accept();
BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(socket.getInputStream()));
String file = reader.readLine();
System.out.println("file to be downloaded is : " + file);
BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(file));
BufferedOutputStream bos = new BufferedOutputStream(socket.getOutputStream());
while (true) {
int octet = bis.read();
if (octet == -1) {
break;
}
bos.write(octet);
}
bos.flush();
//bos.close();
}
} catch (IOException ex) {
System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
}
}
}
Using my current server code above, the downlloding does not work as expected. the above code sends part of the file to the client , not the entire file. Note that I used the flush method to flush the buffer. but when I replace the flush () method by the close () method, the file is fully sent to the client whithout any loss. Could anyone please explain this behavior!
UPDATE: Here is the code of my client:
package tcp.ftp;
import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;
/**
*
* @author aaa
*/
public class FTPClient {
public static void main(String[] args) {
String file = "JasperReports-Ultimate-Guide-3.pdf";
try {
InetAddress address = InetAddress.getLocalHost();
Socket socket = new Socket(address, 2015);
System.out.println("connection successfully established ....!");
PrintWriter pw = new PrintWriter(socket.getOutputStream());
pw.println(file);
pw.flush();
BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(socket.getInputStream());
BufferedOutputStream bos = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream("copy" + file));
while (true) {
int octet = bis.read();
if (octet == -1) {
break;
}
bos.write(octet);
}
bos.flush();
System.out.println("file download is complete ...!");
} catch (UnknownHostException ex) {
System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
} catch (IOException ex) {
System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
}
}
}
Another behavior without the use of Socket. take the following code that copy a file from a source to a destination:
public class CopieFile {
static void fastCopy(String source, String destination) {
try {
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(source);
BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(fis);
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(destination);
BufferedOutputStream bos = new BufferedOutputStream(fos);
while (true) {
int octet = bis.read();
if (octet == -1) {
break;
}
bos.write(octet);
}
bos.flush();
} catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
} catch (IOException ex) {
System.out.println(ex.getMessage());
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
String source = "...";
String destination = "...";
fastCopy(source, destination);
}// end main
}// end class
the above code to copy a file from one location to another without any loss. Note well that I did not close the stream.
