client.js

//
//  socket client sample
//
socket = (function(){

  logCrear();
  log("start");

  var socketService = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/socket-transport-service;1"]
                            .getService(Components.interfaces.nsISocketTransportService);
  var transport = socketService.createTransport(null, 0, "127.0.0.1", 12345, null);
  log("transport is : " + transport.isAlive() ? "Alive" : "not Alive");
  var input = transport.openInputStream(0, 0, 0);
  var istream = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/scriptableinputstream;1"]
                            .createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsIScriptableInputStream);
  istream.init(input);

  // ???
  log(istream.available());

  var availableBytes = istream.available();
  log(availableBytes);
  var rdata = istream.read(availableBytes);
  log("read:" + rdata);

  istream.close();
  transport.close(0);

  log("finished");

  return {
    input:    input,
    istream:  istream
  };

  // logging utility
  function log(m) liberator.echo(m);
  function logCrear() commandline.close();
})();