uk.ac.ic.doc.automed.p2p.communication
Class AbstractClient

java.lang.Object
  uk.ac.ic.doc.automed.p2p.communication.AbstractClient

All Implemented Interfaces:

uk.ac.ic.doc.automed.util.thread.Threadable

Direct Known Subclasses:

TCPClient, UDPClient

public abstract class AbstractClient
extends java.lang.Object
implements uk.ac.ic.doc.automed.util.thread.Threadable

Field Summary

protected boolean	ackExpected
protected byte[]	dataToSend
protected RequestListener	handler
protected java.lang.String	serverHostName
protected int	serverPort

Constructor Summary

AbstractClient(java.lang.String serverHostName, int serverPort, RequestListener handler)

AbstractClient(java.lang.String serverHostName, int serverPort, RequestListener handler, byte[] dataToSend)

Method Summary

abstract void	handleAction() Handle thread's interrupted action
abstract void	runAction() Implement communication process
void	setDataToSend(byte[] dataToSend) Set the data to send (with acknowledgement specified)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

serverHostName

protected java.lang.String serverHostName

serverPort

protected int serverPort

handler

protected RequestListener handler

dataToSend

protected byte[] dataToSend

ackExpected

protected boolean ackExpected

Constructor Detail

AbstractClient

public AbstractClient(java.lang.String serverHostName,
                      int serverPort,
                      RequestListener handler)

AbstractClient

public AbstractClient(java.lang.String serverHostName,
                      int serverPort,
                      RequestListener handler,
                      byte[] dataToSend)

Method Detail

setDataToSend

public void setDataToSend(byte[] dataToSend)

Set the data to send (with acknowledgement specified)

Parameters:

dataToSend - an array of bytes to send via UDP

ackExpected - whether or not to expect an acknowledgement

runAction

public abstract void runAction()
                        throws AutoMedException

Implement communication process

Specified by:

runAction in interface uk.ac.ic.doc.automed.util.thread.Threadable

Throws:

AutoMedException

handleAction

public abstract void handleAction()

Handle thread's interrupted action

Specified by:

handleAction in interface uk.ac.ic.doc.automed.util.thread.Threadable