Re: I/O with external command

From:
"tomaszewski.p" <ksswzza@gmail.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.help
Date:
Tue, 2 Sep 2008 18:57:27 +0200
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Uzytkownik "Michele" <michele@nectarine.it> napisal w wiadomosci
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Hi,
I'm trying to run an external command inside my Java program and then
manage the I/O with that program with the console.

I paste the code


[...]

I can run the external command (I see the output). However, when I have
to insert some input and then press Enter, the external command doesn't
get what I write and it's stuck waiting for input.

Any ideas?
Thanks


I've write first program which is test one:

import java.io.IOException;

public class InputReader {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        int value;

        System.out.println("TEST STRING");
        System.out.flush();
        do {
            value = System.in.read();
            System.out.println((char) value);
            System.out.flush();
        } while ((value != 10) && (value != 13) && (value != -1));
    }
}

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And here is second one which runs the InputReader and writes read data back
to it.
Maybe it helps you to solve the problem:
-------------------------------------

import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.BufferedOutputStream;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

public class ProcessBuilderTest {

    static class StreamReader {
        private InputStream stream;
        private OutputStream outStream;

        public StreamReader(InputStream stream, OutputStream outStream) {
            this.stream = new BufferedInputStream(stream);
            this.outStream = new BufferedOutputStream(outStream);
        }

        public void redirectToOutput() throws IOException {
            int value;
            do {
                value = stream.read();
                outStream.write((char) value);
                System.out.print((char) value + ".");
            } while ((value != -1) && (value != 10) && (value != 13));
            outStream.flush();
            while ((value = stream.read()) != -1) {
                System.out.print((char) value);
            }
        }
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException,
InterruptedException {
        final ProcessBuilder processRunner = new ProcessBuilder("java.exe",
"InputReader");
        final Process p = processRunner.start();
        final StreamReader sout = new StreamReader(p.getInputStream(),
p.getOutputStream());
        sout.redirectToOutput();
        p.waitFor();
    }
}

Best regards,
Przemek

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