gecco.communication.client
Class DataOutputExchangeHandler

java.lang.Object
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  +--gecco.communication.client.DataOutputExchangeHandler

All Implemented Interfaces:

Runnable

public class DataOutputExchangeHandler

extends Object

implements Runnable

A class that sends messages to the server

Author:

Niklas Hallenfur, Henrik Hägerström, Jon Åslund

Field Summary

private ServerConnection	connection Description of the Field
private boolean	die Description of the Field
private ServerAmbassador	i_am_working_for Description of the Field
private MessageQueue	messages_to_send Description of the Field

Constructor Summary

DataOutputExchangeHandler(MessageQueue q, ServerConnection sc, ServerAmbassador sa)

Method Summary

void	addMessageToQueue(Object message) Used by the ServerAmbassador to add messages to send
void	kill() called whenever someone wants this thread to die
void	run() Main processing method for the DataOutputExchangeHandler object
private void	sendAbortActionMessage(AbortActionMessage m) Sends a message that tells the server that a unit wants to abort an action
private void	sendAbortGameMessage() Sends a message that tells the server that this client wants to abort the game (disconnect)
private void	sendActionOnPositionMessage(ActionOnPositionMessage m) Sends a message that tells the server that a unit wants to perform an action with a position as target
private void	sendActionOnUnitMessage(ActionOnUnitMessage m) Sends a message that tells the server that a unit wants to perform an action with a unit as target
private void	sendActionOnVoidMessage(ActionMessage m) Sends a message that tells the server that a unit wants to perform an action with no target
private void	sendMessage(Object o) Called when there are messages to send in the queue.
private void	sendPingReplyMessage(PingReplyMessage m) Sends a reply to a received ping message from the server
private void	sendStartGameMessage() Sends a message that tells the server that this client (role) is ready to receive messages, and wants all its visible information

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

messages_to_send

private MessageQueue messages_to_send

Description of the Field

connection

private ServerConnection connection

Description of the Field

i_am_working_for

private ServerAmbassador i_am_working_for

Description of the Field

die

private boolean die

Description of the Field

Constructor Detail

DataOutputExchangeHandler

public DataOutputExchangeHandler(MessageQueue q,
                                 ServerConnection sc,
                                 ServerAmbassador sa)

Parameters:

q - the queue that will contain the messages to send

sc - the connection to send messages to

sa - the serverambassador who created this object

Method Detail

addMessageToQueue

public void addMessageToQueue(Object message)

Used by the ServerAmbassador to add messages to send

Parameters:

message - The feature to be added to the MessageToQueue attribute

run

public void run()

Main processing method for the DataOutputExchangeHandler object

Specified by:

run in interface Runnable

kill

public void kill()

called whenever someone wants this thread to die

sendMessage

private void sendMessage(Object o)
                  throws Exception

Called when there are messages to send in the queue. Checks the class of the message to send, and calls the appropriate method that sends that kind of message

Parameters:

o - Description of Parameter

Throws:

Exception - Description of Exception

sendPingReplyMessage

private void sendPingReplyMessage(PingReplyMessage m)

Sends a reply to a received ping message from the server

Parameters:

m - Description of Parameter

sendActionOnVoidMessage

private void sendActionOnVoidMessage(ActionMessage m)

Sends a message that tells the server that a unit wants to perform an action with no target

Parameters:

m - Description of Parameter

sendActionOnUnitMessage

private void sendActionOnUnitMessage(ActionOnUnitMessage m)

Sends a message that tells the server that a unit wants to perform an action with a unit as target

Parameters:

m - Description of Parameter

sendActionOnPositionMessage

private void sendActionOnPositionMessage(ActionOnPositionMessage m)

Sends a message that tells the server that a unit wants to perform an action with a position as target

Parameters:

m - Description of Parameter

sendAbortActionMessage

private void sendAbortActionMessage(AbortActionMessage m)

Sends a message that tells the server that a unit wants to abort an action

Parameters:

m - Description of Parameter

sendAbortGameMessage

private void sendAbortGameMessage()
                           throws Exception

Sends a message that tells the server that this client wants to abort the game (disconnect)

Throws:

Exception - Description of Exception

sendStartGameMessage

private void sendStartGameMessage()
                           throws Exception

Sends a message that tells the server that this client (role) is ready to receive messages, and wants all its visible information

Throws:

Exception - Description of Exception