Inheritance diagram for bubolo.net.Network:

Public Member Functions
boolean	isActive ()

boolean	isGameServer ()

void	destroy ()

void	reset ()

void	startServer (boolean isGameServer) throws NetworkException, IllegalStateException

void	connect (InetAddress serverIpAddress) throws NetworkException, IllegalStateException

void	send (NetworkCommand command)

void	update (World world)

void	postToGameThread (NetworkCommand command)

Detailed Description

The interface for the Network system.

Author: BU CS673 - Clone Productions

Definition at line 11 of file Network.java.

Member Function Documentation

void bubolo.net.Network.connect ( InetAddress serverIpAddress ) throws NetworkException, IllegalStateException

Attempts to connect to the specified IP address. startServer must be called before calling connect.

Parameters

serverIpAddress the IP address of a server. Note that this isn't necessarily the game server, since clients also connect directly to each other.

Exceptions

NetworkException	if a network error occurs.
IllegalStateException	if `connect` is called before `startServer` was called.

Implemented in bubolo.net.NetworkSystem.

void bubolo.net.Network.destroy ( )

Shuts down the network system.

Implemented in bubolo.net.NetworkSystem.

boolean bubolo.net.Network.isActive ( )

Returns true if the network is active, or false otherwise.

Returns: true if the network is active.

Implemented in bubolo.net.NetworkSystem.

Referenced by bubolo.net.ConnectionReader.run(), and bubolo.net.Connections.run().

boolean bubolo.net.Network.isGameServer ( )

Returns true if this player is the game server, or false otherwise. Note that all players run clients and servers, because everyone connects to each other to reduce latency. The official server is only used for certain non-game functionality, such as acting as the central connection point and sending out ip addresses of all players.