com.debianmirror.server
Class Listener

java.lang.Object
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  +--java.lang.Thread
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        +--com.debianmirror.server.Listener

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public class Listener

extends java.lang.Thread

Listener will listen on the assigned listeningPort for incoming client requests. These client requests will be stored in a list. These stored client requests can get requested by the getSocket() method. These should be returned in a fifo manner.

Author:

E01 - Tobias Hertkorn, Jonas Jagerhok, Jamie Fitz-Gerald

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

Listener(int myLP)
Creates a Listener instance on the assigned listeningPort.

Method Summary

void	die() Changes the keepRunning variable and notifys the Listener of the change.
java.net.Socket	getSocket() Returns a socket from the sockets list.
void	run() Is the method starting the Listener thread. Basicly just calls the listenLoop() methode.

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

Constructor Detail

Listener

public Listener(int myLP)
         throws java.io.IOException

Creates a Listener instance on the assigned listeningPort.

Throws:

IOException - thrown, when there is something wrong with the ServerSocket.

Method Detail

die

public void die()

Changes the keepRunning variable and notifys the Listener of the change.
Should initiate a graceful stop of the thread.

getSocket

public java.net.Socket getSocket()

Returns a socket from the sockets list.
If there is no socket in the sockets list, this method blocks until there is a socket to return

Returns:

a socket representing a client connection.

run

public void run()

Is the method starting the Listener thread.
Basicly just calls the listenLoop() methode.

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

Overrides:

run in class java.lang.Thread