com.purpletech.message.server
Interface Client

All Known Implementing Classes:

RemoteClient

public interface Client

This is the Client as seen by the server. It processes input and output for a single client. It's really a client proxy (local stub).

Version:

$Id: Client.java,v 1.2 2001/10/30 12:20:52 alex Exp $

Author:

Alex

Method Summary

void	close() tell this client to go bye-bye.
int	getID()
long	getLastReceived() system (local) time when the last message was received from this client
long	getLastSent() system (local) time when the last message was sent to this client
Message	receiveMessage() the server calls this method to find out if a message is available and, if so, to receive it
void	sendMessage(Message m) the server calls sendMessage to make this client stub send a message to its client

Method Detail

getID

public int getID()

sendMessage

public void sendMessage(Message m)
                 throws java.io.IOException

the server calls sendMessage to make this client stub send a message to its client

java.io.IOException

receiveMessage

public Message receiveMessage()
                       throws java.io.IOException

the server calls this method to find out if a message is available and, if so, to receive it

Returns:

the next message, or null if no message available

java.io.IOException

close

public void close()

tell this client to go bye-bye. What happens if it's in the middle of receiving or sending a message in another thread? I don't know.

getLastSent

public long getLastSent()

system (local) time when the last message was sent to this client

getLastReceived

public long getLastReceived()

system (local) time when the last message was received from this client