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Direct tcp/url scripting

Sometime, you may want to access URL objects or  TCP ports directly, not using the Connectors.  Here is some sample code that typically could be put in your Prolog:

TCP

// This sample creates a TCP connection to www.metamerge.com and asks for a bad page

var tcp = new java.net.Socket ( "www.metamerge.com", 80 );
var inp = new java.io.BufferedReader ( new java.io.InputStreamReader ( tcp.getInputStream() ) );
var out = new java.io.BufferedWriter ( new java.io.OutputStreamWriter ( tcp.getOutputStream() ) );

task.logmsg ("Connected to server");

// Ask for a bad page
out.write ("GET /smucky\r\n");
out.write ("\r\n");

// When using buffered writers always call flush to make sure data is sent on connection
out.flush ();

task.logmsg ("Wait for response");
var response = inp.readLine ();

task.logmsg ( "Server said: " + response );

URL


// This sample uses the java.net.URL object instead of the raw TCP socket object

var url = new java.net.URL("http://www.metamerge.com");
var obj = url.getContent();

var inp = new java.io.BufferedReader ( new java.io.InputStreamReader ( obj ) );
while ( ( str = inp.readLine() ) != null ) {
task.logmsg ( str );
}

 

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