springs.communication.sockets
Class SocketAgentSender

java.lang.Object
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public class SocketAgentSender

extends java.lang.Object

An agent sender implemented using sockets.

Author:

Sergio Ilarri Artigas

Constructor Summary

SocketAgentSender()

Method Summary

static boolean

sendAgent(java.lang.String host, int port, springs.agent.SpringsAgent agent) This method sends to a certain port in a certain machine the object that is passed to the method as an argument.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

SocketAgentSender

public SocketAgentSender()

Method Detail

sendAgent

public static boolean sendAgent(java.lang.String host,
                                int port,
                                springs.agent.SpringsAgent agent)
                         throws java.io.IOException

This method sends to a certain port in a certain machine the object that is passed to the method as an argument.

Parameters:

host - the target host.

port - the target port.

agent - the agent.

Returns:

a boolean indicating whether the communication was successful.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if error.

See Also:

IOException