maxima --server 9734

Greetings,

Did anyone ever post a response explaining how to get maxima to
communicate over a port with another app ?

I am trying to do this in a java program using code like :

		try
			{
			theProcess = Runtime.getRuntime().exec( "/opt/local/bin/maxima" );
			}
		catch (IOException e)
			{
			System.out.println ( "Exception thrown trying to spawn Maxima process!" ) ;
			}
			
		// now attach to stdin and stdout
		toMaximaStream         = new BufferedWriter(new
OutputStreamWriter(theProcess.getOutputStream())) ;
		fromMaximaStream       = new BufferedReader(new
InputStreamReader(theProcess.getInputStream())) ;
		fromMaximaErrorStream  = new BufferedReader(new
InputStreamReader(theProcess.getErrorStream())) ;

I have used a similar method with both python and octave with good
results, but maxima hangs.

Any suggestions ?

Thanks,

Chris