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017    
018    package org.apache.commons.net.daytime;
019    
020    import java.io.BufferedReader;
021    import java.io.IOException;
022    import java.io.InputStreamReader;
023    
024    import org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient;
025    
026    /***
027     * The DaytimeTCPClient class is a TCP implementation of a client for the
028     * Daytime protocol described in RFC 867.  To use the class, merely
029     * establish a connection with
030     * {@link org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient#connect  connect }
031     * and call {@link #getTime  getTime() } to retrieve the daytime
032     * string, then
033     * call {@link org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient#disconnect  disconnect }
034     * to close the connection properly.
035     * <p>
036     * <p>
037     * @see DaytimeUDPClient
038     ***/
039    
040    public final class DaytimeTCPClient extends SocketClient
041    {
042        /*** The default daytime port.  It is set to 13 according to RFC 867. ***/
043        public static final int DEFAULT_PORT = 13;
044    
045        // Received dates will likely be less than 64 characters.
046        // This is a temporary buffer used while receiving data.
047        private final char[] __buffer = new char[64];
048    
049        /***
050         * The default DaytimeTCPClient constructor.  It merely sets the default
051         * port to <code> DEFAULT_PORT </code>.
052         ***/
053        public DaytimeTCPClient ()
054        {
055            setDefaultPort(DEFAULT_PORT);
056        }
057    
058        /***
059         * Retrieves the time string from the server and returns it.  The
060         * server will have closed the connection at this point, so you should
061         * call
062         * {@link org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient#disconnect  disconnect }
063         * after calling this method.  To retrieve another time, you must
064         * initiate another connection with
065         * {@link org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient#connect  connect }
066         * before calling <code> getTime() </code> again.
067         * <p>
068         * @return The time string retrieved from the server.
069         * @exception IOException  If an error occurs while fetching the time string.
070         ***/
071        public String getTime() throws IOException
072        {
073            int read;
074            StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder(__buffer.length);
075            BufferedReader reader;
076    
077            reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(_input_));
078    
079            while (true)
080            {
081                read = reader.read(__buffer, 0, __buffer.length);
082                if (read <= 0) {
083                    break;
084                }
085                result.append(__buffer, 0, read);
086            }
087    
088            return result.toString();
089        }
090    
091    }
092