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Some example use lambda expression. Your Java configuration will need to be set appropriately for that.

Instantiate a new Socket object using one of two methods below:

      // Use this:
      java.net.ServerSocket server = new ServerSocket(port); // Used to accept connections
      java.net.Socket conn = server.accept();                // Accepts a TCP Socket connection
      // Or this:
      java.net.Socket conn = new Socket("ipaddress", port);  // Connect to a TCP server
      // to instantiate Socket object and wrap with following classes

Then wrap with one of the following classes

JSocket -- capable of sending and receiving a byte[], sample code:

      JSocket sock = new JSocket(conn);     // Wraps around Socket
      
      sock.send(object.getBytes());     // Pass a byte[] as argument
      
      byte[] fixedBytes = sock.recv();  // Receives bytes, buffer size is limited
      
      sock.CHUNK_SIZE = 128; // Set how big of chunks to read, all subclasses inherit this

      byte[] allBytes = sock.recv_all(size);  // Receives bytes, buffer size is dynamic

      sock.send_all(allBytes, allBytes.length);  // can send a large byte array
      
      sock.close();  // Closes Socket and I/O stream objects, inherited by all subclasses

MessageSocket -- sends and receives strings, implementation 1:

      MessageSocket sock = new MessageSocket(conn);          // Wraps around Socket
  
      sock.send_msg("Hello World!");     // Pass a string as argument, string is written to stream and sent
  
      String msg = sock.recv_msg();      // Receives a message, buffer size is limited
  
      String wholeMsg = sock.recv_all_msg(size);  // If message is large, use this to set new buffer size

MessageSocket -- with lambda functions, implementation 2:

      // The following will configure MessageSocket to use a filtering function on the received message

      MessageSocket sock = new MessageSocket(conn, (s) -> {
          return s.replace('/', '-');
      });

      // Or you can use a predefined function from the FunctionTool class

      sock.setDefaultFunction(FunctionTool.sanitizeFunction(FunctionType.ONLY_NULLS);

      // Then you can use the following to have the lambda function be applied to the incoming message
      // Following uses first configuration

      String dateMessage = sock.recvSanitizedMsg() // incoming msg: 8/5/2015 -- dateMessage will have 8-5-2015

      // Following uses second

      String sanitizedMessage = sock.recvSanitizedMsg() // incoming: h\0e\0l\0l\0o\0 -- sanitizedMessage = hello

      // If there is only one instance a certain function needs to be used, 
      // the following allows a function to be used for a single instance

      String msg = sock.recvSanitizedMsg((s) -> {
          String clean = "";
          for (char c : s.toCharArray())
              if (c != '\0')
                  clean += c;
          clean = clean.replace("Bob", "Will");
          return clean;
      });

      // This method has an overload that uses a boolean for a second argument that will tell the class to use 
      // the function that was passed as the default for all following incoming requests

      // this class is backwards compatible with implementation 1

ObjectSocket -- sends and receives objects, converts objects to and from JSON, sample code:

      ObjectSocket sock = new ObjectSocket(conn);            // Wraps around Socket
      
      Person p = new Person("William", 22);
      
      sock.send_object(p, Person.class);           // Object will be converted to a JSON String and sent
      
      Person p2 = sock.recv_object(Person.class);  // Specify class type and it will return an object of that type
      
      String json = sock.recv_object_asString();   // Returns the JSON that is received
      
      String failedJson = sock.recover_failed_json() // Should parsing the received JSON fail, you can recover it

FileTransferSocket -- send and receive files over a Socket connection. File can be of any format and of arbitrary size.

      FileTransferSocket sock = new FileTransferSocket(conn);     // Wraps around Socket
      
      File f = new File("/Users/username/Desktop/Person.java");  // File to be sent
      
      sock.send_file(f);           // Object will be converted to a JSON String and sent
      
      File rF = sock.recv_file(path);  // Specify path to save file as String and it will write the file to that location