How to know Socket has read the full message form a server in SDK socket example?

[Mohan Kumar]

Hi,

Iam Working on socket Example in Sdk.Iam sending a request to a server and i get a message form the server,but i want to send the next request once i read the full message. I tried if isocket Reader is not Active but since read function is call in a CActive Run function it is alway's Active.I tried if iStatus KErrNone ,but After it read the last character from the server it show's iStatus = KErrNone.Is there any method to check that socket reader has read the full message.Please Some one Help me.

[cdavies]

Stream sockets like TCP are just that, streams, and streams don't have an end. If you want to know when you've read the complete message, the protocol needs some way to signal that.

Examples of techniques that various TCP protocols use:

HTTP - Uses a double CRLF to signal the termination of the header, then either the content length header or specific encoding method to signal when to stop reading the body.

XMMP - Uses the termination of an XML document to indicate the session is complete.

FTP - Closes the socket after it writes the last byte of data to signal it is complete.

[Mohan Kumar]

Thanks for your quick reply Cdavies, i Will try and reply.