public static char[] readData(BufferedReader in) throws IOException {
char[] c1 = new char[PACKET_SIZE];
int i;
int c_temp = in.read(); // c_temp is an int and not a char;
if (c_temp != -1) {
c1[0] = (char) c_temp;
}
for (i = 1; i < PACKET_SIZE && c_temp != -1; i++) {
c_temp = in.read();
c1[i] = (char) c_temp;
}
return c1;
}
public String readword() throws IOException {
StringBuilder b = new StringBuilder();
int c;
c = in.read();
while (c >= 0 && c <= ' ') {
c = in.read();
}
if (c < 0) {
return "";
}
while (c > ' ') {
b.append((char) c);
c = in.read();
}
return b.toString();
}