//: Dgram.java
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// A utility class to convert back and forth
// Between Strings and DataGramPackets.
import java.net.*;

public class Dgram {
  public static DatagramPacket toDatagram(
    String s, InetAddress destIA, int destPort) {
    // Deprecated in Java 1.1, but it works:
    byte[] buf = new byte[s.length() + 1];
    s.getBytes(0, s.length(), buf, 0);
    // The correct Java 1.1 approach, but it's
    // Broken (it truncates the String):
    // byte[] buf = s.getBytes();
    return new DatagramPacket(buf, buf.length, 
      destIA, destPort);
  }
  public static String toString(DatagramPacket p){
    // The Java 1.0 approach:
    // return new String(p.getData(), 
    //  0, 0, p.getLength());
    // The Java 1.1 approach:
    return 
      new String(p.getData(), 0, p.getLength());
  }
} ///:~