springs.communication.sockets
Class SocketAgentReceiver

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.lang.Thread
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        +--springs.communication.sockets.SocketAgentReceiver

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public class SocketAgentReceiver

extends java.lang.Thread

An agent receiver implemented using sockets.

Author:

Sergio Ilarri Artigas

Field Summary

(package private) java.net.ServerSocket

_serverSocket

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

SocketAgentReceiver(java.net.ServerSocket serverSocket)
Creates a socket agent receiver.

Method Summary

void	run() + Run method.
static int	startReceiverDaemon() This method starts running a daemon to receive new agents.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getContextClassLoader, getName, getPriority, getThreadGroup, holdsLock, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setName, setPriority, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

_serverSocket

java.net.ServerSocket _serverSocket

Constructor Detail

SocketAgentReceiver

public SocketAgentReceiver(java.net.ServerSocket serverSocket)
                    throws java.io.IOException

Creates a socket agent receiver.

Parameters:

serverSocket - the socket to listen to.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if error.

See Also:

ServerSocket, IOException

Method Detail

run

public void run()

+ Run method. Creates a serving thread for each incoming agent.

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

Overrides:

run in class java.lang.Thread

startReceiverDaemon

public static int startReceiverDaemon()
                               throws java.io.IOException

This method starts running a daemon to receive new agents.

Returns:

the port number where the daemon will be listening.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if error.

See Also:

IOException