HTTP Server + HTTP GET

Question

Hi,
short and simple:
i wrote a small HTTP-Server (SocketListener) which is parsing the Request from the Client.
i am using GET as transfer method, but for big Requests (>= 1468 chars) not all data arrives at the InputStream. Actually, after 1468 bytes its cut. i know, i should not use the get - method for such big data, but i dont really want to implement the POST things, this can easily get too much.
this is the same for ie and firefox browsers, so i guess its something in this part:
StringBuffer request = new StringBuffer();
int i;
byte[] buffer = new byte[5120];
try
i = input.read(buffer);
catch (IOException e)
e.printStackTrace();
i = -1;
for (int j=0; j<i; j++)
request.append((char) buffer[j]);
Please help, this is driving me nuts.
thx in advance,
/Indy

Answer 1

HTTP chunks its messages, usually in 2048 byte blocks (I think). So, try putting your read into a loop:
public byte[] getRequest(InputStream in) throws IOException {
   ByteArrayOutputStream byteOut =  new ByteArrayOutputStream();
   byte[] buffer = new byte[2048];
   int bytesRead = in.read(buffer);
   while (bytesRead >= 0) {
      if (bytesRead > 0)
         byteOut.write(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
         bytesRead = in.read(buffer);
   return byteOut.toByteArray();
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