Thread: Java Serial Communication using Javax.comm and saving variables into an array

Hi Everyone;

Can somebody help how to get the output from the serial port to a variable that i can use in another class.

I mean to say, in the below method, the code: System.out.print(new String(readBuffer)); gives the output to the output terminal but I want to store this output and use the output in another class.

Please help.


public void serialEvent(SerialPortEvent event) {

// System.out.println("In Serial Event function().. " + event +
// event.getEventType());
switch (event.getEventType()) {
/*
* case SerialPortEvent.BI: case SerialPortEvent.OE: case
* SerialPortEvent.FE: case SerialPortEvent.PE: case SerialPortEvent.CD:
* case SerialPortEvent.CTS: case SerialPortEvent.DSR: case
* SerialPortEvent.RI: case SerialPortEvent.OUTPUT_BUFFER_EMPTY: break;
*/
case SerialPortEvent.DATA_AVAILABLE:
readBuffer = new byte[8];

try {

while (inputStream.available()>0) {

int numBytes = inputStream.read(readBuffer);
// System.out.println("Number of bytes read " + numBytes);
}



System.out.print(new String(readBuffer));

} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println("IO Exception in SerialEvent()");
}
break;
}