Re: [Drts-devel] Help with NetStation broadcast method

[todd r. <tod...@ya...>]

No, stupid me!  You are so right - I had set up the
client station, but never "turned it on".  Adding
station.startReceive() in the doloop method (right
before the while loop) fixed everything.

Thank you for your help!

Todd

--- Joerg 'Herkules' Plewe <pl...@ha...> wrote:

> Ok, stupid me, was a bit tired yesterday ....
> 
> Whats missing on the client is a frequent update of
> the station. This can be accomplished in several 
> ways:
> 
> 1.) add   station.startReceive();   just before
> enterLoop().
> This starts a seperate thread waiting for new
> tickets from the net. This works totally 
> asynchronously then.
> 
> 2.) in doLoop(), add     station.handleIncoming(
> true );  to the loop. This blocks your loop until a 
> ticket is received and handled.
> You could also use station.handleIncoming( false );,
> which is non-blocking. In this case you should 
> throttle that loop with a sleep() or something!
> This has the advantage that network handling is
> synchronized with your loop.
> 
> 
> BTW, the additional flush() in the server in fact
> isn't needed.
> 
> 
> Now it works,
> 
> - J
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "todd runstein" <tod...@ya...>
> To: <drt...@li...>
> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 8:16 PM
> Subject: [Drts-devel] Help with NetStation broadcast
> method
> 
> 
> > I'm trying to understand how to use the
> Headquarter
> > objects and have written a small sample
> application to
> > test my understanding.  Obviously, my
> understanding is
> > lacking.
> >
> > I've written a server (NetStation constructed with
> a
> > port) and a client (NetStation without a port).  I
> > create a line between the client and the server
> and
> > then pass BusTickets over the line.  When a client
> > creates a line to the server, or begins to close,
> I
> > have the client send a ticket with a specific
> identity
> > (a NamedIdentity of "simple.connect").  The server
> > sees this message and is able to respond, so I'm
> at
> > least on the right track.
> >
> > The client starts up a GUI that includes a button.
> > The action of the button causes a ticket to be
> created
> > and sent to the server.  This ticket has a
> different
> > identity type (a NamedIdentity of "simple.move"),
> and
> > is also seen by the server.
> >
> > The intent is for the BusTicketListener at the
> server
> > simply to send the ticket back out to it's lines
> using
> > the broadcast and flush methods.  I have a
> > BusTicketListener on the client that is supposed
> to
> > pick up messages of identity simple.move.  The
> client
> > is not receiving these tickets.
> >
> > I've called the add method on the clients
> NetStation,
> > passing the NamedIdentity and my BusTicketListener
> > object.  What else do I need to do to get the
> > broadcast message to be sent and recieved at the
> > client?
> >
> > I have attached the sample app that I'm using.  If
> > anyone has any ideas on what I've done wrong, I'd
> > appreciate some help.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Todd
> >
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