de.saxsys.synchronizefx.netty

Class NettyClient

java.lang.Object

de.saxsys.synchronizefx.netty.NettyClient

All Implemented Interfaces:

MessageTransferClient

public class NettyClient
extends Object
implements MessageTransferClient

A client that can send and recive objects over the network when connected to a server. This class is intended to be used as input for SynchronizeFxClient.

Author:

raik.bieniek

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
protected Serializer	serializer The serializer that should be used to serialize SynchronizeFX messages.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NettyClient(String serverAdress, int port, Serializer serializer) Takes the required informations to connect to a server but doesn't actually connect to it.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
protected List<Object>[]	chunk(List<Object> messages) Splits a big list of messages which should be send into smaller lists of messages that can be send individually.
void	connect()
void	disconnect()
void	send(List<Object> messages)
void	setTopologyCallback(NetworkToTopologyCallbackClient callback)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

serializer

protected final Serializer serializer

The serializer that should be used to serialize SynchronizeFX messages.

Constructor Detail

NettyClient

public NettyClient(String serverAdress,
           int port,
           Serializer serializer)

Takes the required informations to connect to a server but doesn't actually connect to it. The opening of the connection is done by SynchronizeFxClient.

Parameters:

serverAdress - The domain name or IP address of a server to connect to.

port - The port of the server to connect to.

serializer - The serializer that should be used to serialize SynchronizeFX messages.

Method Detail

setTopologyCallback

public void setTopologyCallback(NetworkToTopologyCallbackClient callback)

Specified by:

setTopologyCallback in interface MessageTransferClient

connect

public void connect()
             throws SynchronizeFXException

Specified by:

connect in interface MessageTransferClient

Throws:

SynchronizeFXException

send

public void send(List<Object> messages)

Specified by:

send in interface MessageTransferClient

disconnect

public void disconnect()

Specified by:

disconnect in interface MessageTransferClient

chunk

protected List<Object>[] chunk(List<Object> messages)

Splits a big list of messages which should be send into smaller lists of messages that can be send individually. The last list in the returned array has between 0 and NettyEndPoint.CHUNK_SIZE elements. All other lists have NettyEndPoint.CHUNK_SIZE elements.

Parameters:

messages - the big list that be split.

Returns:

the parts into which the list was split.