Streaming data in java

Question

My applet needs to stream data from a server.
Server is .NET/C#
I have two implementations but both are not the exact thing which i want.
So if anyone have any better ideas please do give suggestions.
1) My server application will write to a hidden variable.
My client java program representing the applet have a thread which checks the value of this variable and once the variable gets data use that to do the task.
The task in my scenario is printing.
2) My server will send some text in a specified format using the Response.Write() function
My java program reads it using
DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(urlconnection.getInputStream());Now the problem with the second implementation is response.write() displays the content on the page also which makes it visible to all.Also in addition to the text written using Reponse.Write() the input stream returns all the html tags also.
So can anyone tell me a better way to stream data in java.
I know both these implementations are not implementing the concept of streaming.
Thank You.

Answer 1

here is my applet code.
checkJavaScriptEvent obj=new checkJavaScriptEvent();
               obj.start();
               URL currentPage=getCodeBase();
               String protocol = currentPage.getProtocol();
               String host=currentPage.getHost();
               int port=currentPage.getPort();
               String urlSuffix="/PrintAppletCSharp/Default.aspx";
               System.out.println("currentPage : " + currentPage + "\nprotocol : " + protocol + "\nhost : " + host + "\nport : " + port);
               try {
                    URL dataUrl=new URL(protocol,host,port,urlSuffix);
                    URLConnection connection=dataUrl.openConnection();
                    connection.setUseCaches(false);
                    //connection.setRequestProperty("header", "value");
                    System.out.println("Got a connection");
                    //BufferedReader in=new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));
                     DataInputStream in = new DataInputStream(connection.getInputStream());
                    //byte[] b=new byte[20];
                    //int count =is.read(b);
                    System.out.println("After Getting a connection");// + count + " : " + b.toString());
                    String line="";
                    while(!line.equals("EndScriptPrint"))
                         line=in.readLine();
                         if(!line.equals("StartScriptPrint") && !line.equals("EndScriptPrint"))
                              fromServer+=line + "\n";
                         System.out.println("Line " + line);
                    FileWriter fw=new FileWriter("t.txt");
                    fw.write(fromServer);
                    fw.close();
                    Process p=Runtime.getRuntime().exec("notepad.exe t.txt");
                    repaint();
               } catch (Exception ex) {
                    ex.printStackTrace();
               }