MicroTAPAS
Class ComCenter

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.lang.Thread
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        +--MicroTAPAS.ComCenter

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public class ComCenter

extends java.lang.Thread

This class implements a communication center for all the communicaiton that takes place between TAPAS nodes.

Field Summary

private java.net.Socket	client Temporary socket for handling communication
private static int	comPort The ports to listen to/send from
private static boolean	DEBUG Determines whether debug info to be sent to debug-server
private boolean	isActive Indicates wheter the listen-loop should be active
private boolean	isPNESServer Indicates wether this entity is used for regualr traffic or debug traffic.
private static int	numOpenOut
private static int	numReceived Statistics
private static int	numSent
private java.io.ObjectInputStream	oip Strem to read objects from the socket
private java.lang.Object	parent Reference to the local MicroPNES/DebugServer instance
private java.net.ServerSocket	server Socket for incomming request/result

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

ComCenter(DebugServer pParent, int pComPort)
Constructor

ComCenter(MicroPNES pParent)
Constructor

Method Summary

void	destroy() Method to shut down the server
private void	listen() Main method for incomming requests
void	run() Implement the run() method of the Thread interface.
RequestResult	send(RequestPars rp) Main method for outgoing requests
private void	sendDebug(DebugEvent de) Method to send debug events to the debug server.
Item	status() Status report of ComCenter in Item hierarchy of information elements.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, 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

DEBUG

private static final boolean DEBUG

Determines whether debug info to be sent to debug-server

See Also:

Constant Field Values

parent

private java.lang.Object parent

Reference to the local MicroPNES/DebugServer instance

isPNESServer

private boolean isPNESServer

Indicates wether this entity is used for regualr traffic or debug traffic.

server

private java.net.ServerSocket server

Socket for incomming request/result

client

private java.net.Socket client

Temporary socket for handling communication

oip

private java.io.ObjectInputStream oip

Strem to read objects from the socket

comPort

private static int comPort

The ports to listen to/send from

isActive

private boolean isActive

Indicates wheter the listen-loop should be active

numReceived

private static int numReceived

Statistics

numSent

private static int numSent

numOpenOut

private static int numOpenOut

Constructor Detail

ComCenter

public ComCenter(MicroPNES pParent)

Constructor

Parameters:

pParent - Reference to the local MicroPNES instance

ComCenter

public ComCenter(DebugServer pParent,
                 int pComPort)

Constructor

Parameters:

pParent - Reference to the DebugServer instance

pComPort - The port number to listen for incomming requests

Method Detail

run

public void run()

Implement the run() method of the Thread interface.

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

Overrides:

run in class java.lang.Thread

destroy

public void destroy()

Method to shut down the server

Overrides:

destroy in class java.lang.Thread

listen

private void listen()
             throws java.lang.Exception

Main method for incomming requests

java.lang.Exception

send

public RequestResult send(RequestPars rp)

Main method for outgoing requests

Parameters:

rp - The request to be sent to the receiver indicated in the object

Returns:

TAPAS style result

sendDebug

private void sendDebug(DebugEvent de)

Method to send debug events to the debug server.

Returns:

de The DebugEvent to be sent.

status

public Item status()

Status report of ComCenter in Item hierarchy of information elements.

Returns:

Hierarchy of Item information elements