From 5e81f4f9791287efaadcd90436020c358d2fc47d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: smittythekid <57874528+smittythekid@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 18:42:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] messages are now read

---
 src/main/java/vs/SyslogServer.java | 23 ++++++++++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/vs/SyslogServer.java b/src/main/java/vs/SyslogServer.java
index 6a948d4..16c64cf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/vs/SyslogServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/vs/SyslogServer.java
@@ -18,17 +18,30 @@ public class SyslogServer {
         System.out.println("Syslog Server started on port " + port);
 
         try{
+            // Create a DatagramSocket to listen for incoming messages
             DatagramSocket socket = new DatagramSocket(port);
 
+            // Buffer to hold incoming messages
             byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
 
-            while(true){
-            DatagramPacket packet = new DatagramPacket(buffer, buffer.length);
+                while(true){
+                DatagramPacket packet = new DatagramPacket(buffer, buffer.length);
+                
+                // Wait for a message to be received (blocking call)
+                socket.receive(packet);
+                
+                // Extract the message from the packet + data; how many bytes were actually received
+                int length = packet.getLength();
 
-            socket.receive(packet);
+                 String message = new String(
+                    packet.getData(),   // complete byte array be aware: packet.getData() returns the entire buffer, not just the received data
+                    packet.getOffset(),  // get the offset where the data starts
+                    length, 
+                    StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+                
+                System.out.println("Nachricht empfangen!" + message);
+                }
             
-            System.out.println("Nachricht empfangen!");
-            }
         }
 
         catch(IOException e){