Class Broadcaster

Class Broadcaster 

java.lang.Object
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   +----Broadcaster
class Broadcaster
extends Object
Shared broadcaster for the Chat Server - this object is shared by all the threads, it keeps track of all the output lines and broadcast messages to all clients.
Author:
Tomer Klainer
mandor@cs.huji.ac.il
See Also:
ChatServerThread

Constructor Index

o Broadcaster()
create broadcaster with empty hash table

Method Index

o add(int, PrintStream)
add client to hash table
o broadcast(String)
broadcast message to all clients in table
o remove(int)
remove client from hash table

Constructors

o Broadcaster 
  public Broadcaster()
create broadcaster with empty hash table

Methods

o broadcast 
  public void broadcast(String message)
broadcast message to all clients in table
Parameters:
message - the message
o add 
  public void add(int client_num,
                  PrintStream ps)
add client to hash table
Parameters:
client_num - id of the thread handling this client
ps - output stream to that client
o remove 
  public void remove(int client_num)
remove client from hash table
Parameters:
client_num - id of the thread handling this client