I am just trying to send some files from a socket and i am able to send those files without any interruption: also whether the size file is small or large that does not matter it sends like a charm.
But the problem in my case that is arising is the file that i sent is being corrupted, i.e. it is not playing like audio or video. I have already gone through this but it did not helped.
The code that I am using is below.
Server Side:
File file = new File(
Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(),
"testingFile.mp4");
byte[] mybytearray = new byte[4096];
FileInputStream fis = null;
try {
fis = new FileInputStream(file);
} catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(fis);
DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream(bis);
OutputStream os;
DataOutputStream dos = null;
try {
os = socket.getOutputStream();
dos = new DataOutputStream(os);
dos.writeUTF(file.getName());
dos.writeLong(mybytearray.length);
int read;
while ((read = dis.read(mybytearray)) != -1) {
dos.write(mybytearray, 0, read);
}
socket.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
try {
if (dos != null) {
dos.flush();
}
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
And the Client Side :
File file = new File(
Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(),
"TEST SUCCESS.mp4");
InputStream in = null;
int bufferSize;
try {
bufferSize = socket.getReceiveBufferSize();
in = socket.getInputStream();
DataInputStream clientData = new DataInputStream(in);
String fileName = clientData.readUTF();
System.out.println(fileName);
OutputStream output = new FileOutputStream(
file);
byte[] buffer = new byte[bufferSize];
int read;
while ((read = clientData.read(buffer)) != -1) {
output.write(buffer, 0, read);
}
output.flush();
socket.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
} finally {
if (in != null) {
in.close();
}
}
Thanks in advance.
So after the conversations in comments and as #MarquisofLorne told to delete the line that i have written in my server side code. i.e either delete this line from server side code:
dos.writeLong(mybytearray.length);
or write this below line code in client side code:
long sizeOfFile = clientData.readLong();
It solves the problem.
Server Side
Your code sends buffer length(4096), which is a bug.
It should send file length.
File file = new File( ... );
try {
//dos.writeLong(mybytearray.length);
dos.writeLong(file.length());
}
Client Side
Server sends two meta data
file name( F bytes, encoded by utf-8)
file length (8 bytes)
And then sends entire contents( N bytes)
But client code ignores file length(8bytes), just reads file name and contents N bytes
in = socket.getInputStream();
DataInputStream clientData = new DataInputStream(in);
String fileName = clientData.readUTF(); // ok read F bytes
// missing readLong(..) 8 bytes
// long fileLen = clientData.readLong(); <= read file length before reading contents
// read N bytes, but first 8 bytes are file length, which are written into file.
int read;
while ((read = clientData.read(buffer)) != -1) {
output.write(buffer, 0, read);
}
Don't rely on -1
Your codes keep relying on -1 in while loop
while ((read = dis.read(mybytearray)) != -1) {
dos.write(mybytearray, 0, read);
}
while ((read = clientData.read(buffer)) != -1) {
output.write(buffer, 0, read);
}
-1 means abnormal state.
Because server knows the exact size of a file and writes out the file, client should read the exact length of bytes from stream.
If server send 1234 bytes, when client read -1 from clientData.read(..), it fails to read contents from stream, not end of stream.
Related
I am learning sockets and now I want to write file transfer program. I have server part and client part. Server part contains 2 ports: 5000 (commands) and 5001 (files). Now I want to send a file via socket and when I did something is wrong because only 425B of data is sending.
Here is client send method:
private void sendFile(Socket socket) {
File file2 = new File("C:\\Users\\barte\\Desktop\\dos.png");
byte[] bytes = new byte[16 * 1024];
System.out.println(file2.exists());
try (InputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(file2);
OutputStream outputStream = socket.getOutputStream();
OutputStream secondOutput = new FileOutputStream("C:\\Users\\barte\\Desktop\\received\\dos.png")) {
int count;
while ((count = inputStream.read(bytes)) > 0) {
outputStream.write(bytes, 0, count);
secondOutput.write(bytes, 0, count);
}
socket.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
As you can see (image below) I am writing this file also locally and everything is ok, all of 73KB of data is writed.
Now, on server side I am trying to receive this file:
case SEND: {
new Thread(() -> {
printWriter.println("Server is receiving files right now...");
try (ServerSocket serverSocket = new ServerSocket(5001)) {
while (true) {
new FilesTransfer(serverSocket.accept()).start();
}
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}).start();
break;
}
And inside FilesTransfer run method:
#Override
public void run() {
System.out.println("Hello there");
try {
InputStream inputStream = inSocket.getInputStream();
OutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream("C:\\Users\\barte\\Desktop\\received\\file");
byte[] bytes = new byte[16 * 1024];
int count;
while ((count = inputStream.read()) > 0) {
outputStream.write(bytes, 0, count);
}
outputStream.close();
inputStream.close();
inSocket.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
Where is a bug? Why only empty bytes are sending when locally everything it's fine?
The problem is:
while ((count = inputStream.read()) > 0) {
Your code uses InputStream.read(), which reads individual bytes (or -1 when end-of-stream). Right now, you are reading individual bytes, interpreting that as a length, and then writing that number of 0x00 bytes from bytes to the file. This stops when you read a 0x00 byte from the stream.
You need to change this to use InputStream.read(byte[]):
while ((count = inputStream.read(bytes)) != -1) {
That is, you need to pass bytes in, and check for the result being unequal to -1, not if it is greater than zero (0), although read(byte[]) will only return 0 if the passed in byte array has length zero, so that is not a real concern.
You could do it in this way:
#Override
public void run() {
System.out.println("Hello there");
try {
InputStream inputStream = inSocket.getInputStream();
OutputStream outputStream = new FileOutputStream("C:\\Users\\barte\\Desktop\\received\\file");
byte[] bytes = new byte[16 * 1024];
int byteRead= 1;
while (byteRead > -1) {
byteRead= inputStream.read();
outputStream.write(byteRead);
}
outputStream.close();
inputStream.close();
inSocket.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
Actually END OF FILE or EOF means -1 and you did > 0 so 0 was taken and it stopped the connection saving the file.
I also recommend to write a logic to transfer the filename as a command to the server so that the file is saved with the correct name and extension!
The code I have posted below works for single file transfer over a socket. But it doesn't work for multiple file transfers over a socket. When trying multiple file transfers over the socket the code crashes.
I send multiple files by looping over the server sending code x amount of times, and run the receiving code x amount of times. When trying to send multiple files, the first file will send successfully, the second file name and size will be read successfully but the error in my code happens after this.
In my receiving client I tried to use to suggestion posted here: Java multiple file transfer over socket but had no success.
The error is on the client side.
The question I am asking is: Why isn't this code working for multiple files, and how can I fix it?
Server Sending
try{
byte[] bytes = new byte[(int)file.length()];
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);
OutputStream os = socket.getOutputStream();
out.println(file.getName()); // Send Filename
out.println(file.length()); // Send filesize
int count;
while ((count = fis.read(bytes)) > 0) {
os.write(bytes, 0, count);
}
os.flush();
fis.close();
}catch(IOException e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
Client Recieving
try{
String file = in.readLine(); // Read filename
int fileSize = Integer.parseInt(in.readLine()); // Read Filesize
//ERROR HAPPENING ON LINE ABOVE IN LOOPS AFTER THE FIRST
byte [] buf = new byte [fileSize];
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(file);
InputStream is = socket.getInputStream();
int count = 0;
while (fileSize > 0 && (count = is.read(buf, 0, (int)Math.min(buf.length, fileSize))) != -1){
fos.write(buf, 0, count);
fileSize -= count;
}
fos.close();
}catch(IOException e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
The error is a NumberFormatException, on loops after the first when the client is receiving part of a file for the input to the fileSize.
Make sure you flush the PrintWriter before you then write raw bytes directly to the OutputStream that the PrintWriter is attached to. Otherwise, you could write any buffer data out of order to the underlying socket.
But more importantly, make sure that if you use buffered reading on the receiving end that you read the file bytes using the same buffer that receives the file name and file size. You should also transfer the File using smaller fixed chunks, don't allocate a single byte[] array for the entire file size, that is a waste of memory for large files, and likely to fail.
Server:
try{
byte[] bytes = new byte[1024];
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);
OutputStream os = socket.getOutputStream();
BufferedOutputStream bos = new BufferedOutputStream(os);
PrinterWriter pw = new PrintWriter(bos);
pw.println(file.getName()); // Send Filename
pw.println(file.length()); // Send filesize
pw.flush();
int count;
while ((count = fis.read(bytes)) > 0) {
bos.write(bytes, 0, count);
}
bos.flush();
fis.close();
}catch(IOException e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
Client:
try{
byte [] buf = new byte [1024];
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(file);
InputStream is = socket.getInputStream();
BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(is);
InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(bis);
String file = isr.readLine(); // Read filename
long fileSize = Long.parseLong(isr.readLine()); // Read Filesize
int count = 0;
while ((fileSize > 0) && (count = bis.read(buf, 0, (int)Math.min(buf.length, fileSize))) > 0){
fos.write(buf, 0, count);
fileSize -= count;
}
fos.close();
}catch(IOException e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
That being said, you might also consider using DataOutputStream.writeLong() and DataInputStream.readLong() to send/receive the file size in its original binary format instead of as a textual string:
Server:
try{
byte[] bytes = new byte[1024];
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(file);
OutputStream os = socket.getOutputStream();
BufferedOutputStream bos = new BufferedOutputStream(os);
PrinterWriter pw = new PrintWriter(bos);
pw.println(file.getName()); // Send Filename
pw.flush();
DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(bos);
dos.writeLong(file.length()); // Send filesize
dos.flush();
int count;
while ((count = fis.read(bytes)) > 0) {
bos.write(bytes, 0, count);
}
bos.flush();
fis.close();
}catch(IOException e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
Client:
try{
byte [] buf = new byte [1024];
FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(file);
InputStream is = socket.getInputStream();
BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(is);
InputStreamReader isr = new InputStreamReader(bis);
String file = isr.readLine(); // Read filename
DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream(bos);
long fileSize = dis.readLong(); // Read Filesize
int count = 0;
while ((fileSize > 0) && (count = bis.read(buf, 0, (int)Math.min(buf.length, fileSize))) > 0){
fos.write(buf, 0, count);
fileSize -= count;
}
fos.close();
}catch(IOException e){
e.printStackTrace();
}
My server is sending several files to my client. However at the client side, it only receives the first file because I don't know how to iterate and get the second file.
The Server sends like this:
ListIterator iter = missingfiles.listIterator();
//missingfiles contain all the filenames to be sent
String filename;
while (iter.hasNext()) {
// System.out.println(iter.next());
filename=(String) iter.next();
File myFile = new File("src/ee4210/files/"+filename);
byte[] mybytearray = new byte[(int) myFile.length()];
FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(myFile);
BufferedInputStream bis = new BufferedInputStream(fis);
//bis.read(mybytearray, 0, mybytearray.length);
DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream(bis);
dis.readFully(mybytearray, 0, mybytearray.length);
OutputStream os = _socket.getOutputStream();
//Sending file name and file size to the server
DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(os);
dos.writeUTF(myFile.getName());
dos.writeLong(mybytearray.length);
dos.write(mybytearray, 0, mybytearray.length);
dos.flush();
}
The client receives like this: (It will only receive the first file and I don't know how to make it loop to receive the next file)
int bytesRead;
int current = 0;
int filecount = 0;
InputStream in;
try {
in = _socket.getInputStream();
DataInputStream clientData = new DataInputStream(in);
String fileName = clientData.readUTF();
OutputStream output = new FileOutputStream(
"src/ee4210/files/"+ fileName);
long size = clientData.readLong();
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
while (size > 0
&& (bytesRead = clientData.read(buffer, 0,
(int) Math.min(buffer.length, size))) != -1) {
output.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
size -= bytesRead;
}
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
How to receive multiple files from outputstream?
The obvious answer is 'one at a time, with extra information to tell you where one stops and another starts'. The most usual technique is to send the file size ahead of the file, e.g. as a long via DataOutputStream.writeLong(), and at the receiver change your read loop to stop after exactly that many bytes, close the output file, and continue the outer loop that reads the next long or end-of-stream.
You can try this.
I've used a lazy method to check that the end of all 3 files have been received.
int bytesRead;
int current = 0;
int filecount = 0;
InputStream in;
try
{
in = _socket.getInputStream();
DataInputStream clientData = new DataInputStream(in);
while(true)
{
String fileName = clientData.readUTF();
// will throw an EOFException when the end of file is reached. Exit loop then.
OutputStream output = new FileOutputStream("src/ee4210/files/"+ fileName);
long size = clientData.readLong();
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
while (size > 0
&& (bytesRead = clientData.read(buffer, 0,
(int) Math.min(buffer.length, size))) != -1)
{
output.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
size -= bytesRead;
}
output.close();
}
}
catch (EOFException e)
{
// means we have read all the files
}
catch (IOException e)
{
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
I am trying to build a file transfer mechanism between 2 Java socket client. The sender client would include this sorta snippet:
FileInputStream fis = null;
BufferedInputStream bis = null;
BufferedOutputStream outStream = null;
byte[] fileBytes = new byte[(int) file.length()];
int bytesRead = 0;
try {
fis = new FileInputStream(file);
bis = new BufferedInputStream(fis);
outStream = new BufferedOutputStream(socket.getOutputStream());
bytesRead = bis.read(fileBytes, 0, fileBytes.length);
outStream.write(fileBytes, 0, fileBytes.length);
} catch (IOException _IOExc) {
Logger.getLogger(ChatClient.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE,
null, _IOExc);
//QuitConnection(QUIT_TYPE_DEFAULT);
}
The server mediator would look like:
public void run() {
assert (outSocket != null);
byte[] bytes = new byte[fileSize];
try {
System.out.println("inStream " + inStream.available());
outStream = new BufferedOutputStream(outSocket.getOutputStream());
inStream.read(bytes, 0, fileSize);
outStream.write(bytes, 0, fileSize);
outStream.flush();
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(FileTransport.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE,
null, ex);
}
}
the destination client:
public void run() {
try {
System.out.println("Start reading...");
int len = 1024;
BufferedInputStream inStream = new BufferedInputStream
(client.user.getClientSocket().getInputStream());
while ((bytesRead = inStream.read(fileBytes, 0, len)) >
0 && current < fileSize) {
current = current + bytesRead;
System.out.println("current "+ current);
bos.write(fileBytes, 0, bytesRead < len ? bytesRead : len);
}
bos.flush();
bos.close();
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(ReadFileThread.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE,
null, ex);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
}
}
Both the server and destination client is passed "fileSize" in advance, the problem now is server side get slight less data and the clientB keep reading only 8192 bytes of data from server and can never get out the loop.
Many thanks
Kev
Don't ignore the result of the read() method. It returns the number of bytes that have been read, which is not necessarily the length of the file. read() must always be called in a loop, until it returns -1.
And don't, ever, use available(). It doesn't return what you think it returns. Just loop until read() returns -1 or until the number of read bytes reaches the expected count.
Read the IO tutorial.
I was playing around with Java sockets and I was trying to trasnfer files from a server to client, however, when they get transfer they are corrupted. This is the code from the server:
DataInputStream input;
DataOutputStream ouput;
//these two variable are initialized somewhere else in the code.
private void downloadFile() {
try {
String fileName= input.readUTF();
File f = new File(path + fileName);
size= f.length();
file= new FileInputStream(path+ fileName);
ouput.writeLong(size);
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int len;
while ((len = file.read(buffer)) > 0) {
output.write(buffer, 0, len);
}
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
on the client side:
public void downloadFile(String fileName) {
try {
this.client= new Socket(ip,port);
DataInputStream input= new DataInputStream(this.client.getInputStream());
DataOutputStream ouput= new DataOutputStream(this.client.getOutputStream());
output.writeUTF("DOWNLOAD");
output.writeUTF(fileName);
File f = new File(path+ fileName);
file = new FileOutputStream(f);
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int len;
while ((len = input.read(buffer)) > 0) {
file.write(buffer, 0, len);
}
file.flush();
file.close();
this.client.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println("something went wrong");
}
}
I dont know what am I doing wrong, the file gets completely transfer but not correctly.
on the server:
ouput.writeLong(size);
you dont seem to handle this on the client side, you just append it to the downloaded file as if it was part of the binary data.
It looks like you send the length of the file from the server to the client:
ouput.writeLong(size);
but your client code never does anything with the transmitted size, so it takes up the first few bytes of the file.