001 /*
002 * Copyright 2001-2005 The Apache Software Foundation
003 *
004 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
005 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
006 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
007 *
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009 *
010 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
011 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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015 */
016 package org.apache.commons.net;
017
018 import java.io.BufferedReader;
019 import java.io.IOException;
020 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
021
022 /***
023 * The DaytimeTCPClient class is a TCP implementation of a client for the
024 * Daytime protocol described in RFC 867. To use the class, merely
025 * establish a connection with
026 * {@link org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient#connect connect }
027 * and call {@link #getTime getTime() } to retrieve the daytime
028 * string, then
029 * call {@link org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient#disconnect disconnect }
030 * to close the connection properly.
031 * <p>
032 * <p>
033 * @author Daniel F. Savarese
034 * @see DaytimeUDPClient
035 ***/
036
037 public final class DaytimeTCPClient extends SocketClient
038 {
039 /*** The default daytime port. It is set to 13 according to RFC 867. ***/
040 public static final int DEFAULT_PORT = 13;
041
042 // Received dates will likely be less than 64 characters.
043 // This is a temporary buffer used while receiving data.
044 private char[] __buffer = new char[64];
045
046 /***
047 * The default DaytimeTCPClient constructor. It merely sets the default
048 * port to <code> DEFAULT_PORT </code>.
049 ***/
050 public DaytimeTCPClient ()
051 {
052 setDefaultPort(DEFAULT_PORT);
053 }
054
055 /***
056 * Retrieves the time string from the server and returns it. The
057 * server will have closed the connection at this point, so you should
058 * call
059 * {@link org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient#disconnect disconnect }
060 * after calling this method. To retrieve another time, you must
061 * initiate another connection with
062 * {@link org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient#connect connect }
063 * before calling <code> getTime() </code> again.
064 * <p>
065 * @return The time string retrieved from the server.
066 * @exception IOException If an error occurs while fetching the time string.
067 ***/
068 public String getTime() throws IOException
069 {
070 int read;
071 StringBuffer result = new StringBuffer(__buffer.length);
072 BufferedReader reader;
073
074 reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(_input_));
075
076 while (true)
077 {
078 read = reader.read(__buffer, 0, __buffer.length);
079 if (read <= 0)
080 break;
081 result.append(__buffer, 0, read);
082 }
083
084 return result.toString();
085 }
086
087 }
088