Hi list,

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/ ).

The problem :

- 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.

Thanks a lot,

leo@nr37.nl www.nr37.nl

Java code :

// code by leo@nr37.nl

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()); } } }

Flash code :

// code by leo@nr37.nl

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); }