Thread for reading from a socket

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Hi,

I am creating a binding for the Arcam amplifier/streamer/AVR devices.

Functionally most if it is working so I’m now doing some cleanup and device specific workarounds.
In the developer guidelines I read that I’m not supposed to use my own thread and otherwise post a message here.
I now have a Thread that reads from a Socket in a while loop, as the Arcam products use raw TCP sockets for their communication.
What would be a good alternative for this to use instead of a Thread?

Thanks,
Joep

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You can check my Intesis binding (intesisBoxApi) for reference.

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Thanks for your reply.

I see you are also using a Thread:

public class IntesisBoxSocketApi {
...
Thread tcpListener = new Thread(new TCPListener());

I’m fine with doing this, so if I get no comments that state this is wrong I’ll keep my code as is.

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As it was merged the way it is, this should be fine.
Just don‘t forget to name the thread in the correct way.

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Thanks for mentioning the thread naming, I did not have that yet.