private static String readLineBytes(DataInputStream stream)
{
    // readLineBytes() by Christopher Mann, Clemson University, 2005
    //
    // Usage: If your DataInputStream is named dataFromServer,
    // String line = readLineBytes(dataFromServer);
    
    StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
    try{
	char curr = (char)stream.readByte();
	while(curr != '\n'){
	    if(curr != '\r')
		sb.append(curr);
	    curr = (char)stream.readByte();
	}
	// This will happen once all data has been read.
    }catch(Exception e){
	/* This allows for this method to completely act as
	   BufferedReader's readLine method, returning null
	   once there is nothing more to read. */
	if(sb.toString().equals(""))
	    return null;
    }
    return sb.toString();
}