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Class com.oroinc.net.DaytimeTCPClient

java.lang.Object
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   +----com.oroinc.net.SocketClient
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           +----com.oroinc.net.DaytimeTCPClient

public final class DaytimeTCPClient
extends SocketClient
The DaytimeTCPClient class is a TCP implementation of a client for the Daytime protocol described in RFC 867. To use the class, merely establish a connection with connect and call getTime() to retrieve the daytime string, then call disconnect to close the connection properly.

Copyright © 1997 Original Reusable Objects, Inc. All rights reserved.

See Also:
DaytimeUDPClient

Variable Index

 o DEFAULT_PORT
The default daytime port.

Constructor Index

 o DaytimeTCPClient()
The default DaytimeTCPClient constructor.

Method Index

 o getTime()
Retrieves the time string from the server and returns it.

Variables

 o DEFAULT_PORT
 public static final int DEFAULT_PORT
The default daytime port. It is set to 13 according to RFC 867.

Constructors

 o DaytimeTCPClient
 public DaytimeTCPClient()
The default DaytimeTCPClient constructor. It merely sets the default port to DEFAULT_PORT .

Methods

 o getTime
 public String getTime() throws IOException
Retrieves the time string from the server and returns it. The server will have closed the connection at this point, so you should call disconnect after calling this method. To retrieve another time, you must initiate another connection with connect before calling getTime() again.

Returns:
The time string retrieved from the server.
Throws: IOException
If an error occurs while fetching the time string.

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