Socket input stream hangs on final read. Best way to handle this?

I'm a bit stumped on how to avoid my socket hanging on read. Here's my code:

    Socket socket = new Socket("someMachine", 16003);
     OutputStream outputStream = socket.getOutputStream();
     InputStream inputStream = socket.getInputStream();
     try {
         outputStream.write(messageBuffer.toByteArray());
         outputStream.flush();
         BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream));
         StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
         int result;
         while ((result = in.read()) != -1) {
             response.append(Character.toChars(result));
             System.out.println(result);
         }
         System.out.println("Done!");  //never gets printed
      } catch (...) {}
 

The above code successfully reads all the data from the stream but then hangs. Reading up on the net I was expecting to receive a -1 from the server (which I can't control) to indicate that I had reached the end of stream but instead I get this:

(Lots of data above this point)
 57
 10
 37
 37
 69
 79
 70
 10
 

It then hangs. So, my questions are:

1) Have I coded this wrong or is there an issue with the server's response?

2) If there is an issue with the server's response (i.e. no -1 being returned), how can I work around this (i.e. to stop reading when it hangs).

Any help appreciated!

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