Package org.jcsp.lang

Class SharedAltingConnectionClient

All Implemented Interfaces:
ConnectionClient, SharedConnectionClient

public class SharedAltingConnectionClient extends AltingConnectionClientImpl implements SharedConnectionClient

Implements a client end of a Connection which can have multiple client processes.

This object cannot itself be shared between concurrent processes but duplicate objects can be generated that can be used by multiple concurrent processes. This can be achieved using the duplicate() method.

The reply from the server can be ALTed over.

Author:
Quickstone Technologies Limited
  • Constructor Details

  • Method Details

    • claim

      protected final void claim()
      Description copied from class: AltingConnectionClientImpl
      This claims a lock on the client. This implementation does nothing as instances of this class are only meant to be used with One2?Connection objects.
      Overrides:
      claim in class AltingConnectionClientImpl
    • release

      protected final void release()
      Description copied from class: AltingConnectionClientImpl
      This releases a lock on the client. This implementation does nothing as instances of this class are only meant to be used with One2?Connection objects.
      Overrides:
      release in class AltingConnectionClientImpl
    • duplicate

      public SharedConnectionClient duplicate()

      Returns a SharedConnectionClient object that is a duplicate of the object on which this method is called.

      This allows a process using a SharedAltingConnectionClient object to pass references to the connection client to multiple processes.

      The object returned can be cast into a SharedConnectionClient object.

      Specified by:
      duplicate in interface SharedConnectionClient
      Returns:
      a duplicate SharedAltingConnectionClient object.