its.element
Class OutputBuffer

java.lang.Object
  its.element.OutputBuffer

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public class OutputBuffer

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.lang.Runnable

Manages a thread that reads frames from an OutputQueue object and passes them to a downstream client. The new thread is created and started in the constructor. The ConnectionDaemon creates an OutputBuffer to maintain a connection to each client it accepts.

Constructor Summary

OutputBuffer(OutputQueue dataQueue, java.net.Socket clientSocket, ConnectionDaemon cd)

Method Summary

void	exit() Shuts down the socket and exits the thread associated with this instance
java.net.Socket	getSocket()
java.util.Date	getStartDate()
void	run() Main loop for OutputBuffer threads.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

OutputBuffer

public OutputBuffer(OutputQueue dataQueue,
                    java.net.Socket clientSocket,
                    ConnectionDaemon cd)
             throws java.io.IOException

Method Detail

run

public void run()

Main loop for OutputBuffer threads. Any number of OutputBuffer threads may be executing this code to read frames from a single OutputQueue object and write them to a downstream client.

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

getSocket

public java.net.Socket getSocket()

Returns:

the socket connected to our client

getStartDate

public java.util.Date getStartDate()

Returns:

the creation date of this instance of OutputBuffer

exit

public void exit()

Shuts down the socket and exits the thread associated with this instance