com.limegroup.gnutella.chat
Class InstantMessenger

java.lang.Object
  com.limegroup.gnutella.chat.InstantMessenger

All Implemented Interfaces:

Chatter

public class InstantMessenger

extends java.lang.Object

implements Chatter

this class is a subclass of Chat, also implementing Chatter interface. it is a one-to-one instant message style chat implementation.

Constructor Summary

InstantMessenger(java.net.Socket socket, ChatManager manager, ActivityCallback callback)
constructor for an incoming chat request

InstantMessenger(java.lang.String host, int port, ChatManager manager, ActivityCallback callback)
constructor for an outgoing chat request

Method Summary

void	blockHost(java.lang.String host)
java.lang.String	getHost() returns the host name to which the socket is connected
java.lang.String	getMessage()
int	getPort() returns the port to which the socket is connected
void	readHeader() Reads the header information from the chat request.
void	send(java.lang.String message) send a message accross the socket to the other host as with stop, this is alway safe to call, but it is recommended that the gui discourage the user from calling it when a connection is not yet established.
void	start() starts the chatting
void	stop() stop the chat, and close the connections this is always safe to call, but it is recommended that the gui try to encourage the user not to call this

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

InstantMessenger

public InstantMessenger(java.net.Socket socket,
                        ChatManager manager,
                        ActivityCallback callback)
                 throws java.io.IOException

constructor for an incoming chat request

InstantMessenger

public InstantMessenger(java.lang.String host,
                        int port,
                        ChatManager manager,
                        ActivityCallback callback)
                 throws java.io.IOException

constructor for an outgoing chat request

Method Detail

start

public void start()

starts the chatting

stop

public void stop()

stop the chat, and close the connections this is always safe to call, but it is recommended that the gui try to encourage the user not to call this

Specified by:

stop in interface Chatter

send

public void send(java.lang.String message)

send a message accross the socket to the other host as with stop, this is alway safe to call, but it is recommended that the gui discourage the user from calling it when a connection is not yet established.

Specified by:

send in interface Chatter

getHost

public java.lang.String getHost()

returns the host name to which the socket is connected

Specified by:

getHost in interface Chatter

getPort

public int getPort()

returns the port to which the socket is connected

Specified by:

getPort in interface Chatter

getMessage

public java.lang.String getMessage()

Specified by:

getMessage in interface Chatter

blockHost

public void blockHost(java.lang.String host)

Specified by:

blockHost in interface Chatter

readHeader

public void readHeader()
                throws java.io.IOException

Reads the header information from the chat request. At the moment, the header information is pretty useless

Throws:

java.io.IOException