com.limegroup.gnutella
Class MulticastService

java.lang.Object
  com.limegroup.gnutella.MulticastService

All Implemented Interfaces:

Runnable

public final class MulticastService
extends Object
implements Runnable

This class handles Multicast messages. Currently, this only listens for messages from the Multicast group. Sending is done on the GUESS port, so that other nodes can reply appropriately to the individual request, instead of multicasting replies to the whole group.

See Also:

UDPService, MessageRouter

Method Summary

boolean	isListening() Returns whether or not the Multicast socket is listening for incoming messsages.
void	run() Busy loop that accepts incoming messages sent over the multicast socket and dispatches them to their appropriate handlers.
void	send(Message msg) Sends the Message using UDPService to the multicast address/port.
void	start() Starts the Multicast service.
String	toString() Overrides Object.toString to give more informative information about the class.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

start

public void start()

Starts the Multicast service.

run

public void run()

Busy loop that accepts incoming messages sent over the multicast socket and dispatches them to their appropriate handlers.

Specified by:

run in interface Runnable

send

public void send(Message msg)

Sends the Message using UDPService to the multicast address/port.

Parameters:

msg - the Message to send

isListening

public boolean isListening()

Returns whether or not the Multicast socket is listening for incoming messsages.

Returns:

true if the Multicast socket is listening for incoming Multicast messages, false otherwise

toString

public String toString()

Overrides Object.toString to give more informative information about the class.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

the MulticastSocket data