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Class ants.InChannel

java.lang.Object
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   +----ants.Entity
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           +----ants.ManagedObject
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                   +----ants.InChannel

public class InChannel

extends ManagedObject

implements Runnable

THIS IS THE UNIT OF RESOURCE CONSUMPTION. One InChannel per protocol is created. InChannels can be instantiated for both locally installed protocols and those loaded on demand.

An InChannel is associated with a flow handle that is its source of packets to decode and process. Each InChannel will instantiate incoming Capsules in a separate name space. This is done by providing a separate class loader.

In ANTS 1.2, this used to be ChannelThread. I'm not really happy with the name "InChannel", however. A better name might be "ProtocolProcessor".

InChannel(Node, boolean)

constructor for protocols instantiated due to a remote request

InChannel(Node, Protocol, String, boolean)

constructor for locally instantiated protocols; protocol and name are known.

decode(Buffer)

decode ANTS packets.

getFlowHandle()

receive()

extract the next capsule from the flow

run()

Main loop for an InChannel.

start()

a one-time start of the channel only

 public InChannel(Node node,
                  Protocol p,
                  String name,
                  boolean replenish)

constructor for locally instantiated protocols; protocol and name are known.

Parameters:

p - The Protocol whose packets should be handled by this InChannel

 public InChannel(Node node,
                  boolean replenish)

constructor for protocols instantiated due to a remote request

 protected Capsule decode(Buffer buf) throws Exception

decode ANTS packets.

 public Capsule receive() throws Exception

extract the next capsule from the flow

 public void start()

a one-time start of the channel only

Overrides:

start in class Entity

 public FlowHandle getFlowHandle()

Returns:

the flow handle associated with that InChannel

 public void run()

Main loop for an InChannel. This used to be the main loop of ChannelThread.

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