mcgui
Class Multicaster

java.lang.Object
  mcgui.Multicaster

public abstract class Multicaster
extends java.lang.Object

Class to extend when creating a multicast module

Field Summary

protected BasicCommunicator	bcom The communication backend.
protected int	hosts Initial number of hosts in network.
protected int	id Id of the client.
protected MulticasterUI	mcui The user interface.

Constructor Summary

Multicaster()

Method Summary

abstract void	basicpeerdown(int peer) Signals that a peer is down and has been down for a while to allow for messages taking different paths from this peer to arrive.
abstract void	basicreceive(int peer, Message message) Receive a basic message
abstract void	cast(java.lang.String messagetext) Multicast a message
void	enableUI() Enables the user to start using the system.
int	getId() Returns id of the client.
abstract void	init() Method for initialization of things.
void	setCommunicator(BasicCommunicator bcom) Set BasicCommunicator that should be used
void	setId(int id, int hosts) Set the id of the client
void	setUI(MulticasterUI mcui) Set the UI that should be used

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

id

protected int id

Id of the client.

hosts

protected int hosts

Initial number of hosts in network.

mcui

protected MulticasterUI mcui

The user interface.

bcom

protected BasicCommunicator bcom

The communication backend.

Constructor Detail

Multicaster

public Multicaster()

Method Detail

getId

public int getId()

Returns id of the client.

init

public abstract void init()

Method for initialization of things.

cast

public abstract void cast(java.lang.String messagetext)

Multicast a message

Parameters:

message - The message to be multicasted

basicreceive

public abstract void basicreceive(int peer,
                                  Message message)

Receive a basic message

Parameters:

message - The message received

basicpeerdown

public abstract void basicpeerdown(int peer)

Signals that a peer is down and has been down for a while to allow for messages taking different paths from this peer to arrive.

Parameters:

peer - The dead peer

setId

public void setId(int id,
                  int hosts)

Set the id of the client

Parameters:

id - The id

setUI

public void setUI(MulticasterUI mcui)

Set the UI that should be used

Parameters:

mcui - The UI

setCommunicator

public void setCommunicator(BasicCommunicator bcom)

Set BasicCommunicator that should be used

Parameters:

bcom - The Basic communicator

enableUI

public void enableUI()

Enables the user to start using the system.