com.ch.odi.net
Class PortListener

java.lang.Object
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Direct Known Subclasses:

PortListenerThread

public class PortListener

extends Object

Description: This object listens on a port and passes incoming connections to a custom handler object. This is typically used by server side applications.

Constructor Summary

PortListener()
Deprecated. You should not create empty PortListeners

PortListener(int port, ConnectionHandler handler)
Creates a new PortListener

Method Summary

void	listen() Starts listening on the port.
void	setConnectionHandler(ConnectionHandler handler) Deprecated. You should not change the connection handler
void	setPort(int port) Deprecated. You should not change the port
void	stopListening() Stops listening on the port.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PortListener

public PortListener()

Deprecated. You should not create empty PortListeners

Creates new PortListener

PortListener

public PortListener(int port,
                    ConnectionHandler handler)

Creates a new PortListener

Parameters:

port - The TCP port to wait for connections to

handler - The ConnectionHandler object that will take care of incoming connections

Method Detail

setConnectionHandler

public void setConnectionHandler(ConnectionHandler handler)

Deprecated. You should not change the connection handler

Sets the connection handler

setPort

public void setPort(int port)

Deprecated. You should not change the port

Sets the port

stopListening

public void stopListening()

Stops listening on the port.

listen

public void listen()
            throws IOException

Starts listening on the port. Incoming connections are passed to the connection handler. The method does not return until the ConnectionHandler's isStopped method returns true.