leovanderveen

I wondered if someone ever linked Java (mxj) to Flash, I tried real 

hard to establish some kind of communication but my Java knowledge is 

lacking a bit. I already know about Olaf Matthes' flashserver object 

but I really want to be able to connect from within mxj.

I'll post the Java code and Flash ActionScript code right in this 

mail as well as a link to a zip file containing the Max patch, Java 

- connection to Flash is succesfull (using ServerSocket.accept(); )

- sending data to Flash doesn't work yet (using : output = new 

PrintStream(client.getOutputStream()); ) but throws no exception

- receiving data from Flash doesnt work either. Tried using 

input.readLine() but that one seems to be depricated and I can't find 

its alternative. But : calling the recive function in java and 

sending something from Flash causes nothing to happen untill I close 

the swf, now my message appears in Java ??? why is that.

        declareInlets(new int[]{DataTypes.ALL});

        declareOutlets(new int[]{DataTypes.ALL});    

            server = new ServerSocket(port);

                    client = server.accept();

                    post("mxj flash : Connected");

             post(e.getMessage());

    public void send(String message) {

            output = new PrintStream(client.getOutputStream());

            output.println(message);    

        } catch (IOException e) {

            post(e.getMessage());

    public void receive() {        

            input = new DataInputStream(client.getInputStream());

            inputtext = input.readLine();

            post("input = "+inputtext);

            post("mxj flash : Connection lost...");

        trace("connection failed");

I wondered if someone ever linked Java (mxj) to Flash, I tried real  
hard to establish some kind of communication but my Java knowledge is  
lacking a bit. I already know about Olaf Matthes' flashserver object  
but I really want to be able to connect from within mxj.

I'll post the Java code and Flash ActionScript code right in this  
mail as well as a link to a zip file containing the Max patch, Java  
files and the *.fla file ( http://student-kmt.hku.nl/~leo/-/flash- 
java/ ).

- sending data to Flash doesn't work yet (using :  output = new  
PrintStream(client.getOutputStream()); ) but throws no exception

- receiving data from Flash doesnt work either. Tried using  
input.readLine() but that one seems to be depricated and I can't find  
its alternative. But : calling the recive function in java and  
sending something from Flash causes nothing to happen untill I close  
the swf, now my message appears in Java ??? why is that.

import com.cycling74.max.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;

public class flash extends MaxObject
{
	ServerSocket server;
	Socket client;

	PrintStream output;
	DataInputStream input;
	String inputtext;

	public flash(Atom[] args)
	{
		declareInlets(new int[]{DataTypes.ALL});
		declareOutlets(new int[]{DataTypes.ALL});	
	}

	public void create(int port) {
		try	{
			server = new ServerSocket(port);
			try {
					client = server.accept();
					post("mxj flash : Connected");
		    } catch(IOException e){
		    	post(e.getMessage());
			}	
		} catch(IOException e){
		 	post(e.getMessage());
		}
     }

   	public void send(String message) {
		try {
    			output = new PrintStream(client.getOutputStream());
			output.println(message);	
		} catch (IOException e) {
    			post(e.getMessage());
		}
	}

	public void receive() {		
		try {
    			input = new DataInputStream(client.getInputStream());
			inputtext = input.readLine();
		} catch (IOException e) {
    			post(e.getMessage());
		}
		if(inputtext != null) {
			post("input = "+inputtext);
		}

	public void close() {
		try{
			client.close();
			server.close();
			post("mxj flash : Connection lost...");
		}catch(Exception e) {
			post(e.getMessage());
		}
	}		
}

maxServer = new XMLSocket();
maxServer.connect("127.0.0.1",7474);

maxServer.onConnect = connectHandler;
maxServer.onClose = closeHandler;
maxServer.onData = dataHandler;

function connectHandler(success) {
	if (success) {
		trace("connected");
	} else {
		trace("connection failed");
	}
}

function closeHandler() {
	trace("connection lost...");
}

function dataHandler(maxdata) {
	trace(maxdata);
}

function sendData(flashdata) {
	maxserver.send(flashdata);
}


flash-to-max-via-java

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Flash to Max via Java