server
Class Client

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Thread
      server.Client

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

Direct Known Subclasses:

Tester, ViewerClient

public abstract class Client
extends java.lang.Thread

A general client class for connecting to a server instance

Author:

Henry

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Thread

java.lang.Thread.State, java.lang.Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

Client()

Method Summary

void	connect(java.lang.String address) connect to a server and open the default port
boolean	connect(java.lang.String address, int localPort) connect to a server and specifies a port to open up
void	disconnect() disconnect from the server
java.lang.String	getAddress() Get the address of the client
boolean	isConnected() Check if the clinet is connected
void	ping() send a packet receive a packet
void	run() be ready to receive packets
void	sendString(java.lang.String cmd) send a string to the server

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getAllStackTraces, getContextClassLoader, getDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, getId, getName, getPriority, getStackTrace, getState, getThreadGroup, getUncaughtExceptionHandler, holdsLock, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, setName, setPriority, setUncaughtExceptionHandler, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Client

public Client()

Method Detail

connect

public void connect(java.lang.String address)
             throws java.io.IOException

connect to a server and open the default port

Parameters:

address - the address of the server it should send data to

Throws:

java.io.IOException

connect

public boolean connect(java.lang.String address,
                       int localPort)
                throws java.io.IOException

connect to a server and specifies a port to open up

Parameters:

address - the address of the server it should send data to

localPort - the local port to open

Returns:

True if the connection was successful, False otherwise

Throws:

java.io.IOException

run

public void run()

be ready to receive packets

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

Overrides:

run in class java.lang.Thread

ping

public void ping()

send a packet receive a packet

disconnect

public void disconnect()
                throws java.io.IOException

disconnect from the server

Throws:

java.io.IOException

sendString

public void sendString(java.lang.String cmd)
                throws java.io.IOException

send a string to the server

Parameters:

cmd - the string to send to the server

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getAddress

public java.lang.String getAddress()

Get the address of the client

Returns:

the string form of the address of the client

isConnected

public boolean isConnected()

Check if the clinet is connected

Returns:

true if the client is connected