Thread: Sockets and TCP packets

Hi, have this question: I can easily communicate between two java sides using sockets, buffers and write() and readLine() functions. But now i have java server and agreement with the other side about how will TCP packet payload look like (4 bytes of length of data, 1 byte function number, 0-100 bytes of actual data). I have byte[105] variable and my question is... are sockets still usable? I.e. will be my out buffer packed into one TCP packet data payload when I use sockets? The other side is not java based and only listen for TCP packets. If i can't use sockets, can you point me the right direction?

Thanks

Originally Posted by Raadush

will be my out buffer packed into one TCP packet data payload when I use sockets?

I doubt it would be impossible to assert this from any language, and doubt that it matters - who programs applications at that level? I would just try a Java Socket test program and see how it goes. Your remote end should see only a stream of bytes, so it shouldn't matter whether the underlying packets are fragmented or not.