Sockets: can only send once file through

Question

Hi,
I am using sockets to send text and files to a client on a Clio. I want to send multiple files through. However, only the first file goes through. The rest are never received (although they are uploaded). My question is:
Why can not send anything through the socket (text or files) after the first file is sent?
The fileSend() is on the server side, fileReceive is on the client side.
public static void fileSend (Socket uploadSocket, String source) {
     try {
         InputStream inFile = new FileInputStream(source);
         InputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(inFile);
         OutputStream out = new BufferedOutputStream(uploadSocket.getOutputStream());
         System.out.println("Sending " + source + ".");
         int data;
         int bytes = 0;
         while ((data = in.read()) != -1) {
          bytes++;
          out.write(data);
         bytes++;
         out.write(data);
         if (in != null) in.close();
         if (out != null) out.flush();
         System.out.println("Upload complete: " + bytes + " Bytes!");
     catch (Exception e) {
         System.err.println("Couldn't upload " + source + ": " + e.getMessage());
   public static void fileReceive (Socket downloadSocket, String destination) {
     try {
         InputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(downloadSocket.getInputStream());
         OutputStream outFile = new FileOutputStream(destination);
         OutputStream out = new BufferedOutputStream(outFile);
         System.out.println("Downloading data to " + destination + ".");
         int data = in.read();
         int bytes = 0;
         while (data != -1) {
          bytes++;
          out.write(data);
          data = in.read();
         bytes++;
         if (out != null) {
          out.flush();
          out.close();
         outFile.close();
         System.out.println("Download complete: " + bytes + " Bytes!");
         in.skip(in.available());
     catch (Exception e) {
         System.err.println("Couldn't download " + destination + ": " + e.getMessage());
    }Thanks,
Neetin

Answer 1

I think its better to pass the outputstream to the filesend() method and inputstream to fileReceive() method
something like this:
OutputStream out = new BufferedOutputStream(uploadSocket.getOutputStream());
public static void fileSend (OutputStream os, String source) {
  //write your file onto the output stream
InputStream in = new BufferedInputStream(downloadSocket.getInputStream());
public static void fileReceive (InputStream is) {
  //Read from the input stream
}This should work.. Good luck