fang
Class HttpServer

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Thread
      fang.HttpServer

All Implemented Interfaces:

Runnable

public class HttpServer
extends Thread

This establishes incoming connections and directs them to the appropriate GameConnection. The Server can be run continually on a dedicated computer to serve all multiclient games.

Author:

Jam Jenkins

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class java.lang.Thread

Thread.State, Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler

Field Summary

static int

PORT port on which to run the server

Fields inherited from class java.lang.Thread

MAX_PRIORITY, MIN_PRIORITY, NORM_PRIORITY

Constructor Summary

HttpServer()
the constructor to use in applications

HttpServer(Object dummy)
the constructor to use when using pipes

Method Summary

void	connect() connects to a client and forwards the connections to the proper GameConnection
void	disconnect() stops the loop from accepting new connections
ObjectInputStream	getPipedInput() makes a piped input stream to use in applets
ObjectOutputStream	getPipedOutput() makes a piped output stream to use in applets
static void	main(String[] argv) starts the server accepting new connections
void	run() starts the pipes for applets, or the server for applications
void	startPipes() starts pipe communications

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Thread

activeCount, checkAccess, countStackFrames, currentThread, destroy, dumpStack, enumerate, getAllStackTraces, getContextClassLoader, getDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, getId, getName, getPriority, getStackTrace, getState, getThreadGroup, getUncaughtExceptionHandler, holdsLock, interrupt, interrupted, isAlive, isDaemon, isInterrupted, join, join, join, resume, setContextClassLoader, setDaemon, setDefaultUncaughtExceptionHandler, setName, setPriority, setUncaughtExceptionHandler, sleep, sleep, start, stop, stop, suspend, toString, yield

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

PORT

public static int PORT

port on which to run the server

Constructor Detail

HttpServer

public HttpServer(Object dummy)

the constructor to use when using pipes

HttpServer

public HttpServer()
           throws IOException

the constructor to use in applications

Throws:

IOException

Method Detail

getPipedInput

public ObjectInputStream getPipedInput()

makes a piped input stream to use in applets

Returns:

the piped input stream connected to the server

getPipedOutput

public ObjectOutputStream getPipedOutput()

makes a piped output stream to use in applets

Returns:

the piped output stream connected to the server

startPipes

public void startPipes()

starts pipe communications

connect

public void connect()

connects to a client and forwards the connections to the proper GameConnection

Throws:

Exception - if an error occurs while establishing the initial connections

disconnect

public void disconnect()

stops the loop from accepting new connections

run

public void run()

starts the pipes for applets, or the server for applications

Specified by:

run in interface Runnable

Overrides:

run in class Thread

See Also:

Runnable.run()

main

public static void main(String[] argv)
                 throws IOException

starts the server accepting new connections

Parameters:

argv - not used

Throws:

IOException