I recently read the tcp/udp primer under the overbyte.be "support" section and the tcp data fragmented packet example using the text string "Hello" caught my attention because that is something i always wondered about in socket programs. The fact that the data can be split up into multiple packets coming in fragments like "he" "l" "lo" is something i'd like to know how to handle properly. What i mean by this is if i'm expecting the line "hello" and i'm parsing TCP receive socket data i need to handle "hello" as a whole word without the fragmentation causing my parser to fail and pass the data on without proper handling. I'm wanting to write a chat client for icq/aim/irc/yahoo or any other major protocol and none of the protocols have set boundaries that are apparent to me. Some end on a series of NUL chars (#0) in Delphi or a numeric (a given number) and so on... I'm pretty new to sockets and i need some advice from the more experienced users which would be you guys. If i'm expecting a 2 KB packet char for char that's using TCP protocol and is guaranteed always to be there no exceptions (enforced strictly through the protocol implementation) how can I force WSocket's OnDataAvailable event to queue the data until it's assembled into one large chunk so i can then process it as if it all arrived that way instead of split up. I'm aware that I will have to set my own boundaries on the begining of the expected data and the end of the packet data so that i can get the big picture and make sure i process it as I need but is there any method you would recommend to force the socket to wait until the rest of the data comes in? Would calling wait() and peeking the data not help at all or would the buffer be overwritten during the wait period instead of concatenated with the data coming in afterwards? Can i see an example by chance or get a professional opinion.
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