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017
018package org.apache.commons.net.time;
019
020import java.io.DataInputStream;
021import java.io.IOException;
022import java.util.Date;
023
024import org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient;
025
026/**
027 * The TimeTCPClient class is a TCP implementation of a client for the Time protocol described in RFC 868. To use the class, merely establish a connection with
028 * {@link org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient#connect connect } and call either {@link #getTime getTime() } or {@link #getDate getDate() } to retrieve the time,
029 * then call {@link org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient#disconnect disconnect } to close the connection properly.
030 *
031 *
032 * @see TimeUDPClient
033 */
034
035public final class TimeTCPClient extends SocketClient {
036    /** The default time port. It is set to 37 according to RFC 868. */
037    public static final int DEFAULT_PORT = 37;
038
039    /**
040     * The number of seconds between 00:00 1 January 1900 and 00:00 1 January 1970. This value can be useful for converting time values to other formats.
041     */
042    public static final long SECONDS_1900_TO_1970 = 2208988800L;
043
044    /**
045     * The default TimeTCPClient constructor. It merely sets the default port to <code>DEFAULT_PORT</code>.
046     */
047    public TimeTCPClient() {
048        setDefaultPort(DEFAULT_PORT);
049    }
050
051    /**
052     * Retrieves the time from the server and returns a Java Date containing the time converted to the local time zone.
053     * <p>
054     * The server will have closed the connection at this point, so you should call {@link org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient#disconnect disconnect } after
055     * calling this method. To retrieve another time, you must initiate another connection with {@link org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient#connect connect }
056     * before calling <code>getDate()</code> again.
057     *
058     * @return A Date value containing the time retrieved from the server converted to the local time zone.
059     * @throws IOException If an error occurs while fetching the time.
060     */
061    public Date getDate() throws IOException {
062        return new Date((getTime() - SECONDS_1900_TO_1970) * 1000L);
063    }
064
065    /**
066     * Retrieves the time from the server and returns it. The time is the number of seconds since 00:00 (midnight) 1 January 1900 GMT, as specified by RFC 868.
067     * This method reads the raw 32-bit big-endian unsigned integer from the server, converts it to a Java long, and returns the value.
068     * <p>
069     * The server will have closed the connection at this point, so you should call {@link org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient#disconnect disconnect } after
070     * calling this method. To retrieve another time, you must initiate another connection with {@link org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient#connect connect }
071     * before calling <code>getTime()</code> again.
072     *
073     * @return The time value retrieved from the server.
074     * @throws IOException If an error occurs while fetching the time.
075     */
076    public long getTime() throws IOException {
077        final DataInputStream input;
078        input = new DataInputStream(_input_);
079        return input.readInt() & 0xffffffffL;
080    }
081
082}