OnJava8-Examples/network/Dgram.java

// network/Dgram.java
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// Converts between Strings and DataGramPackets
import java.net.*;

public class Dgram {
  public static DatagramPacket toDatagram(
    String s, InetAddress destIA, int destPort) {
    byte[] buf = s.getBytes();
    return new DatagramPacket(buf, buf.length,
      destIA, destPort);
  }
  public static String toString(DatagramPacket p) {
    return
      new String(p.getData(), 0, p.getLength());
  }
}