com.threerings.presents.client

Class Communicator

java.lang.Object

com.threerings.presents.client.Communicator

Direct Known Subclasses:

BlockingCommunicator, ServerCommunicator

public abstract class Communicator
extends Object

Handles sending and receiving messages for the client.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Communicator(Client client) Creates a new communicator instance which is associated with the supplied client.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	getLastWrite() Returns the time at which we last sent a packet to the server.
boolean	getTransmitDatagrams() Checks whether we should transmit datagrams.
abstract void	gotBootstrap() Notifies the communicator that the client has received its bootstrap data.
abstract void	logoff() Delivers a logoff notification to the server and shuts down the network connection.
abstract void	logon() Logs on to the server and initiates our full-duplex message exchange.
abstract void	postMessage(UpstreamMessage msg) Queues up the specified message for delivery upstream.
abstract void	setClassLoader(ClassLoader loader) Configures this communicator with a custom class loader to be used when reading and writing objects over the network.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Communicator

public Communicator(Client client)

Creates a new communicator instance which is associated with the supplied client.

Method Detail

logon

public abstract void logon()

Logs on to the server and initiates our full-duplex message exchange.

logoff

public abstract void logoff()

Delivers a logoff notification to the server and shuts down the network connection. Also causes all communication threads to terminate.

gotBootstrap

public abstract void gotBootstrap()

Notifies the communicator that the client has received its bootstrap data.

postMessage

public abstract void postMessage(UpstreamMessage msg)

Queues up the specified message for delivery upstream.

setClassLoader

public abstract void setClassLoader(ClassLoader loader)

Configures this communicator with a custom class loader to be used when reading and writing objects over the network.

getLastWrite

public long getLastWrite()

Returns the time at which we last sent a packet to the server.

getTransmitDatagrams

public boolean getTransmitDatagrams()

Checks whether we should transmit datagrams.