--- a/connectivity/com.nokia.tcf/src/com/nokia/tcf/api/ITCMessageInputStream.java	Thu Sep 16 10:15:59 2010 -0500
+++ b/connectivity/com.nokia.tcf/src/com/nokia/tcf/api/ITCMessageInputStream.java	Fri Sep 17 11:13:41 2010 -0500
@@ -20,11 +20,14 @@
 package com.nokia.tcf.api;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 
 /**
  * This interface is used to access various features of the Message Input Stream. The implementation is created
  * after a successful connection is established. To get a reference to this stream, use the 
  * {@link #ITCAPIConnection.getInputStream} method.
+ * @noimplement
+ * @noextend
  */
 public interface ITCMessageInputStream extends java.io.Closeable {
 
@@ -105,4 +108,21 @@
 	 */
 	public byte[] readBytes(int inNumberMessages, int[] outNumberMessages) throws IOException;
 	
+	/**
+	 * Return messages from input stream. This call is blocking until at least 1 message exists. Number of
+	 * messages returned may be less than requested. It is up to the caller to parse the byte array
+	 * for individual messages. Only whole messages are returned in the byte stream.
+	 * 
+	 * @param inNumberMessages - maximum number of messages to return. If this is zero, then all messages
+	 * currently in the buffer are returned that will fit into a 2MB byte[] array. 
+	 * @param timeoutMs - timeout in milliseconds (values <= 0 mean wait forever)
+	 * 
+	 * @return byte[] - byte array
+	 * 
+	 * @throws IOException - if an IO error occurs
+	 * @throws TimeoutException - if no messages are received in the given time frame 
+	 */
+	public byte[] readBytes(int inNumberMessages, long timeoutMs) throws IOException, TimeoutException;
+	
+
 }

--- a/connectivity/com.nokia.tcf/src/com/nokia/tcf/impl/TCMessageInputStream.java	Thu Sep 16 10:15:59 2010 -0500
+++ b/connectivity/com.nokia.tcf/src/com/nokia/tcf/impl/TCMessageInputStream.java	Fri Sep 17 11:13:41 2010 -0500
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
 			}
 		}		
 	}
-	public byte[] readBytes(int inNumberMessages) throws IOException {
+	public byte[] readBytes(int inNumberMessages, long timeoutMs) throws IOException {
 		// if not open throw exception
 		if (!this.isOpen) {
 			// stream not open
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
 		long[] outNumberMessagesRead = new long[1];
 		outNumberMessagesRead[0] = 0;
 		long[] outNumberBytesRead = new long[1];
+		long deadline = timeoutMs > 0 ? System.currentTimeMillis() + timeoutMs : Long.MAX_VALUE;
 		do {
 			long ret = api.nativeReadInputStream(this.clientId, inNumberMessages, outNumberMessagesRead, outNumberBytesRead, MAX_BYTES, messageData);
 			if (ret != TCErrorConstants.TCAPI_ERR_NONE) {
@@ -312,7 +313,9 @@
 					break;
 				}
 			}
-		} while (outNumberMessagesRead[0] == 0);
+			if (timeoutMs != 0)
+				timeoutMs -= blockingTime;
+		} while (outNumberMessagesRead[0] == 0 && System.currentTimeMillis() < deadline);
 
 		// return how many messages actually processed
 		byte[] newMessageData = new byte[(int)outNumberBytesRead[0]];
@@ -321,6 +324,11 @@
 		}
 		return newMessageData;
 	}
+	
+	public byte[] readBytes(int inNumberMessages) throws IOException {
+		return readBytes(inNumberMessages, 0);
+	}
+	
 	public byte[] readBytes(int inNumberMessages, int[] outNumberMessages) throws IOException {
 		outNumberMessages[0] = 0;