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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