error while sending a String from C client to Java server

Question

I send an integer from a C client to a java server and it worked perfectly. But when i tried to do the same thing with a string i got and error this is the client code to send the String

char clientString[30];

    printf("String to send : \n");

        if( send( to_server_socket, &clientString, sizeof( clientString ), 0 ) != sizeof( clientString ) )
        {
            printf( "socket write failed");
            exit( -1 );
        }

And the java code to read it

DataInputStream din = new DataInputStream(socket.getInputStream());
          String clientString=din.readUTF();
           System.out.println(clientString);

Error

java.io.EOFException at java.io.DataInputStream.readFully(DataInputStream.java:180) at java.io.DataInputStream.readUTF(DataInputStream.java:592) at java.io.DataInputStream.readUTF(DataInputStream.java:547) at ServiceRequest.run(ServiceRequest.java:43) at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:439) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:895) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:918) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:680)

EDIT :I tried using din.readLine(),I don't have the error anymore but if i type fffffff12 on the client i got fffffff12`?7E^Ê?h in the server

Good, we have the Java exception call stack, but for what exception? — Some programmer dude
Also note that &clientString and sizeof(clientString) may not do what you expect them to. Please edit your question to include the declaration of clientString. — Some programmer dude

Tom Leese Tom Leese · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-04T18:06:33

readUTF doesn't just read bytes from a socket. It starts by reading the length of the string (as a 16-bit integer) and then reading the string. The problem is that what you send is not what is required for readUTF to work successfully.

As Joachim Pileborg noted, you are also sending the entire 30 bytes of clientString (including any remaining bytes that were not explicitly set). You should send it like this instead:

send(to_server_socket, clientString, strlen(clientString), 0);

error while sending a String from C client to Java server

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