com.purpletech.message.server
Class RemoteClient

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.purpletech.message.server.RemoteClient

All Implemented Interfaces:

Client

public class RemoteClient

extends java.lang.Object

implements Client

This is the Client as seen by the server. It processes input and output for a single client

Version:

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

Author:

Alex

Constructor Summary

RemoteClient(java.net.Socket socket, int id)
Initialize this object.

Method Summary

void	close() tell this client to go bye-bye.
int	getID() Accessor
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) Send a message down the socket
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

RemoteClient

public RemoteClient(java.net.Socket socket,
                    int id)
             throws java.io.IOException

Initialize this object.

Method Detail

getID

public int getID()

Accessor

Specified by:

getID in interface Client

getLastSent

public long getLastSent()

Description copied from interface: Client

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

Specified by:

getLastSent in interface Client

getLastReceived

public long getLastReceived()

Description copied from interface: Client

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

Specified by:

getLastReceived in interface Client

sendMessage

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

Send a message down the socket

Specified by:

sendMessage in interface Client

java.io.IOException

receiveMessage

public Message receiveMessage()
                       throws java.io.IOException

Description copied from interface: Client

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

Specified by:

receiveMessage in interface Client

Returns:

the newly received message

java.io.IOException

close

public void close()

Description copied from interface: Client

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.

Specified by:

close in interface Client

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object