Socket Client Policy helps in sending data to sockets and receiving data from sockets.
When a socket connection is established, the socket can be used to communicate with the server.
Configuration
The properties that have to be configured to use the policy are described below.
| Property | Description |
| Port | Port number of the socket |
| Server IP | IP address of the socket |
| Sending Message Type | Mode of the message transfer while sending a message is classified as below: - Text Message: Messages will be encoded as string.
- Byte Message: Messages will be encoded as bytes.
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| Receiving Message Type | Mode of the message transfer while receiving a message is classified as below: - Text Message: Messages will be decoded as string.
- Byte Message: Messages will be decoded as bytes.
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| DecodingType | Messages received in the communication will be decoded in the following ways: - None: All messages present in the stream are fetched.
- ISO: Messages are decoded based on the ISO standards.
If the Decoding Type property value is 'ISO', then the following properties will be visible above the Decoding Type property:Message Length Numeric Type: This property specifies the numeric type in which the total message length is present in the message.
Numeric types available are: Hexadecimal - Decimal
- Bytes
Decimal is the default value.
No of Chars in Message Length Field: This property specifies the number of characters to be present in the ISO message length field.
- Includes Header Length: Select this property if the Header length (in bytes) needs to be included in the input message.
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| Suspended Timeout | If the message sent by a client takes more time than the Suspend Timeout to execute, then the next message is sent. |