com.croftsoft.core.net.news
Class NntpSocket

java.lang.Object
  java.net.Socket
      com.croftsoft.core.net.news.NntpSocket

All Implemented Interfaces:

NntpConstants

public class NntpSocket
extends Socket
implements NntpConstants

Implements NNTP as given by RFC 977.

Since:

1997-05-10

Version:

2001-08-03

See Also:

"Common NNTP Extensions (AUTHINFO), http://www.mibsoftware.com/userkt/nntpext/0032.htm"

Author:

David Wallace Croft

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.croftsoft.core.net.news.NntpConstants

COMMAND_ARTICLE, COMMAND_AUTHINFO, COMMAND_BODY, COMMAND_GROUP, COMMAND_HEAD, COMMAND_HELP, COMMAND_IHAVE, COMMAND_LAST, COMMAND_LIST, COMMAND_NEWGROUPS, COMMAND_NEWNEWS, COMMAND_NEXT, COMMAND_POST, COMMAND_QUIT, COMMAND_SLAVE, COMMAND_STAT, CR_LF, NNTP_PORT

Constructor Summary

NntpSocket(String nntpServerHost, Log log)
Be sure to call command_QUIT() when done.

Method Summary

String	command_QUIT() Sends COMMAND_QUIT and then closes the NNTPSocket.
String	command(String command) Sends command + CR_LF to the server.
BufferedReader	getBufferedReader()
Log	getLog()
boolean	getPostingAllowed() Returns true if posting to this server is allowed.
String	getResponseCode() Returns the response code for the last command.
Vector	load_response_text() Loads the response_text from the NNTPSocket InputStream.
Vector	response_text() Returns the response text, a Vector of String, for the last command.
void	setLog(Log log)

Methods inherited from class java.net.Socket

bind, close, connect, connect, getChannel, getInetAddress, getInputStream, getKeepAlive, getLocalAddress, getLocalPort, getLocalSocketAddress, getOOBInline, getOutputStream, getPort, getReceiveBufferSize, getRemoteSocketAddress, getReuseAddress, getSendBufferSize, getSoLinger, getSoTimeout, getTcpNoDelay, getTrafficClass, isBound, isClosed, isConnected, isInputShutdown, isOutputShutdown, sendUrgentData, setKeepAlive, setOOBInline, setPerformancePreferences, setReceiveBufferSize, setReuseAddress, setSendBufferSize, setSocketImplFactory, setSoLinger, setSoTimeout, setTcpNoDelay, setTrafficClass, shutdownInput, shutdownOutput, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NntpSocket

public NntpSocket(String nntpServerHost,
                  Log log)
           throws IOException

Be sure to call command_QUIT() when done.

Throws:

IOException

Method Detail

getBufferedReader

public BufferedReader getBufferedReader()

getResponseCode

public String getResponseCode()

Returns the response code for the last command.

response_text

public Vector response_text()

Returns the response text, a Vector of String, for the last command.

getPostingAllowed

public boolean getPostingAllowed()

Returns true if posting to this server is allowed.

load_response_text

public Vector load_response_text()
                          throws IOException

Loads the response_text from the NNTPSocket InputStream. Decodes it as well.

Throws:

IOException

command

public String command(String command)
               throws IOException

Sends command + CR_LF to the server. Returns the responseCode.

Throws:

IOException

command_QUIT

public String command_QUIT()
                    throws IOException

Sends COMMAND_QUIT and then closes the NNTPSocket.

Throws:

IOException

getLog

public Log getLog()

setLog

public void setLog(Log log)