how do i read a string from a

ByteReadChannel

? i know there is

.readUTF8Line()

but what if my string contains newlines ? do i have to convert the string to a bytearray and send that (preceded with its size) or is there a better way ?

this is what i do:

private suspend fun ByteReadChannel.readEntireUTF8(): String {
    val sb = StringBuilder()
    while (!isClosedForRead) {
      sb.append(readUTF8Line() ?: "")
    }
    return sb.toString()
  }

what i want is something like

writeChannel.writeString(myString)

on the sender side and val

val myString = readChannel.readString()

on the receiver side without having to worry about the content of the string. i achieved this by creating such extension function that do what i explained in op