MulticastListener Class Reference

Generic Mulitcast broadcast listener. More...

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Public Member Functions
	MulticastListener (int multicastPort, String multicastGroup, byte[] expectedMessage, byte[] returnMessage) throws IOException,UnknownHostException
	Creates a multicast listener on the specified multicast port, bound to the specified multicast group.
void	run ()
	Run method waits for Multicast packets with the specified contents and replies with the specified message.
void	stopListener ()
	Waits for datagram listener to finish, with a timeout.

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Detailed Description

Generic Mulitcast broadcast listener.

Listens for a specific message and, in response, gives the specified reply. Used by NetAdapterHost for automatic discovery of host components for the network-based DSPortAdapter.

Author:

SH

Version:

1.00

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

MulticastListener	(	int	multicastPort,
		String	multicastGroup,
		byte[]	expectedMessage,
		byte[]	returnMessage
	)		throws IOException,UnknownHostException

Creates a multicast listener on the specified multicast port, bound to the specified multicast group.

Whenever the byte[] pattern specified by "expectedMessage" is received, the byte[] pattern specifed by "returnMessage" is sent to the sender of the "expected message".

Parameters:

multicastPort	Port to bind this listener to.
multicastGroup	Group to bind this listener to.
expectedMessage	the message to look for
returnMessage	the message to reply with

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• MulticastListener.java