public boolean sendTCPString(String message, int retries)
    {
        Log(Level.FINE, "About to send: " + message);
        byte[] bytes = message.getBytes();
        return sendTCPBytes(bytes, retries);
    }
public boolean sendTCPString ( String message , int retries ) { Log ( Level . FINE , "About to send: " + message ) ; byte [ ] bytes = message . getBytes ( ) ; return sendTCPBytes ( bytes , retries ) ; }
Send string over TCP to the specified address via the specified port, including a header.

@param message string to be sent over TCP
@param retries number of times to retry in event of failure
@return true if message was successfully sent