net.jetrix
Interface Client

All Superinterfaces:

Destination, Runnable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ConsoleClient, IRCClient, QueryClient, TetrinetClient, TSpecClient

public interface Client
extends Runnable, Destination

Layer handling communication with a client. Incomming messages are turned into a server understandable format and forwarded to the apropriate destination for processing (player's channel or main server thread)

Version:

$Revision: 545 $, $Date: 2005-01-05 18:16:04 +0100 (mer., 05 janv. 2005) $

Author:

Emmanuel Bourg

Method Summary

void	disconnect() Trigger the disconnection of this client.
Channel	getChannel() Return the channel this client subscribed to.
Date	getConnectionTime() Return the time of the connection to the server.
long	getIdleTime() Return the time in miliseconds of inactivity.
InetAddress	getInetAddress() Return the Internet address of this client.
Protocol	getProtocol() Return the protocol used by this client.
String	getType() Return the type of the client.
User	getUser() Return the user associated to this client.
String	getVersion() Return the version number of this client.
Message	receiveMessage() Receive a message sent by the client.
void	send(Message message) Send a message to the client.
void	setChannel(Channel channel) Set the channel.
boolean	supportsAutoJoin() Tell if the client can be affected automatically to a channel on connecting to the server.
boolean	supportsMultipleChannels() Tell if the client supports multiple channels simultaneously.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Runnable

run

Method Detail

getProtocol

Protocol getProtocol()

Return the protocol used by this client.

getChannel

Channel getChannel()

Return the channel this client subscribed to.

setChannel

void setChannel(Channel channel)

Set the channel.

supportsMultipleChannels

boolean supportsMultipleChannels()

Tell if the client supports multiple channels simultaneously.

Since:

0.2

supportsAutoJoin

boolean supportsAutoJoin()

Tell if the client can be affected automatically to a channel on connecting to the server.

Since:

0.2

getUser

User getUser()

Return the user associated to this client.

getType

String getType()

Return the type of the client.

getVersion

String getVersion()

Return the version number of this client.

getInetAddress

InetAddress getInetAddress()

Return the Internet address of this client.

getConnectionTime

Date getConnectionTime()

Return the time of the connection to the server.

getIdleTime

long getIdleTime()

Return the time in miliseconds of inactivity.

Since:

0.2

send

void send(Message message)

Send a message to the client. The raw message property must be set.

Specified by:

send in interface Destination

Parameters:

message - the message to send

receiveMessage

Message receiveMessage()
                       throws IOException

Receive a message sent by the client.

Throws:

IOException

disconnect

void disconnect()

Trigger the disconnection of this client.