And I managed to make a mistake or two in below code. But you'll 
probably find it by yourself :)

Janko

Janko Mivšek wrote:
> Hi John,
> 
> John Thornborrow wrote:
> 
>> I'm trying to create a simple listening service on localhost port 3456,
>> I assumed this would wait for 30 seconds, then proceed but it singals
>> ConnectionClosed error at the #waitForDataFor: message:
>>
>> | sock |
>> sock := Socket new.
>> sock listOn: 3456.
>> sock waitForDataFor: 30.
> 
> You need to wait for a connection with an additional method 
> waitForAcceptFor: So your code should be something like:
> 
>  sock := Socket new.
>  sock listOn: 3456.
>  connSock := sock waitForAcceptFor: 100. "100s"
>  connSock notNil ifTrue: [connSock waitForDataFor: 30].
> 
> This will trigger once. If you want more, you need to put above in 
> loops. Something like:
> 
>  sock := Socket new.
>  sock listOn: 3456.
>  [true] whileTrue:
>     [connSock isNil whileTrue:
>     [connSock := sock sock waitForAcceptFor: 100].
>     data := connSock waitForDataFor: 30.
>     "process here that data"]
>     connSocket close].
> 
> But if you want simpler sockets, I recommend you to use SpSocket from 
> Sport portability library. Look for it on SqueakMap, Universes or 
> SqueakSource.
> 
> I hope this helps a bit.
> 
> Janko
> 
> 

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