Class ChatConnection

java.lang.Object
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  +--ChatConnection

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.lang.Runnable

public class ChatConnection

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.lang.Runnable

Constructor Summary

ChatConnection(javax.swing.JTextArea X, javax.swing.JScrollPane Y)

Method Summary

void	close() Closes the chat connection input and output streams
boolean	open(java.lang.String IPAddress, int PortNumber) Opens a connection to the server at the given IP address and port number.
void	run() This method is from the runnable interface.
void	sendMessage(java.lang.String Text) Outputs a message to all the other chat users.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ChatConnection

public ChatConnection(javax.swing.JTextArea X,
                      javax.swing.JScrollPane Y)

Method Detail

open

public boolean open(java.lang.String IPAddress,
                    int PortNumber)

Opens a connection to the server at the given IP address and port number. This also starts a thread that will listen to that connection and output incoming text to the chat window.

close

public void close()

Closes the chat connection input and output streams

run

public void run()

This method is from the runnable interface. This method listends for incoming text, and displays any incoming text to the JTextArea.

Specified by:

run in interface java.lang.Runnable

sendMessage

public void sendMessage(java.lang.String Text)

Outputs a message to all the other chat users.