flex socket write string array

Question

I am trying to push a series of strings in an array collection to the client application via socket. But, sometimes, the strings does not get pushed out one by one. For example, the client application would receive the data as so: array[0], array[1], array[3], array[5]....

As you can see, some of the strings were skipped. Below is my code:

var i:int;

for (i = 0; i < ac.length; i++){
  socket.writeUTF(ac.getItemAt(i).toString());
  socket.flush();
}

When I trace the bytes available, this is the result:

[string 1]
bytes.available = 851

[string 3]
bytes.available = 1406
.
.
.

According to some, it is due to the flush() never gets called quick enough for subsequent data. I am not sure about this. Please help.

Answer 1

Send your strings together with their index, so you can join them in the remote process in their original order.

Something like that:

for (i = 0; i < ac.length; i++){
   socket.writeUTF("[" + i + "]:" + ac.getItemAt(i).toString());
   socket.flush();
}