package com.ipeer.minecraft.servers;

import java.io.DataInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;

public class Packet {

    public static String readLine(DataInputStream in, int maxLen) throws IOException {
        StringBuilder stringbuilder = new StringBuilder();
        short word = in.readShort();

        if (word > maxLen)
            throw new IOException("THE STRING IS TOO LONG!");

        if (word < 0)
            throw new IOException("What...? The string has a length < 0!");

        for (int i = 0; i < word; i++)
        {
            stringbuilder.append(in.readChar());
        }

        return stringbuilder.toString();
    }

}