aigames.soccer.observer
Class Communication

java.lang.Object
  aigames.soccer.observer.Communication

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public class Communication

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.lang.Runnable

The observer communication class.

Version:

$Id: Communication.java,v 1.7 2004/05/08 21:55:29 mwerla Exp $

Constructor Summary

Communication()

Method Summary

void	chooseGame(java.lang.String name) Chosing a game on the server to observe.
void	connect(java.lang.String ip, int port) Connect to a server.
void	disconnect() Disconnect from a server.
java.lang.String[]	getGamesList() Read a list of games.
org.dom4j.Document	readMessage(boolean confirm) Read and parse a message from a socket.
void	run()
void	sayHello(java.lang.String name) Introduce the observer to a server.
void	setObserver(Observer observer) Setter for observer object.
void	shutdown() Stops the reading loop.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Communication

public Communication()

Method Detail

connect

public void connect(java.lang.String ip,
                    int port)
             throws java.lang.Exception

Connect to a server.

Parameters:

ip -

port -

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - Thrown when connection fails.

disconnect

public void disconnect()
                throws java.lang.Exception

Disconnect from a server.

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - Thrown when disconnection fails.

sayHello

public void sayHello(java.lang.String name)
              throws java.lang.Exception

Introduce the observer to a server.

Parameters:

name - observer name

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - Thrown when message acceptation read fails.

readMessage

public org.dom4j.Document readMessage(boolean confirm)
                               throws java.lang.Exception

Read and parse a message from a socket.

Parameters:

confirm - if true the confirmation will be send

Returns:

dom4j Document

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - Thrown on read or parse error.

getGamesList

public java.lang.String[] getGamesList()

Read a list of games.

Returns:

list

chooseGame

public void chooseGame(java.lang.String name)

Chosing a game on the server to observe.

Parameters:

name - of the game

setObserver

public void setObserver(Observer observer)

Setter for observer object.

Parameters:

observer -

shutdown

public void shutdown()

Stops the reading loop.

run

public void run()

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

See Also:

Runnable.run()