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17
18 package org.apache.commons.net.daytime;
19
20 import java.io.IOException;
21 import java.net.DatagramPacket;
22 import java.net.InetAddress;
23
24 import org.apache.commons.net.DatagramSocketClient;
25
26 /**
27 * The DaytimeUDPClient class is a UDP implementation of a client for the Daytime protocol described in RFC 867. To use the class, merely open a local datagram
28 * socket with {@link org.apache.commons.net.DatagramSocketClient#open open } and call {@link #getTime getTime } to retrieve the daytime string, then call
29 * {@link org.apache.commons.net.DatagramSocketClient#close close } to close the connection properly. Unlike
30 * {@link org.apache.commons.net.daytime.DaytimeTCPClient}, successive calls to {@link #getTime getTime } are permitted without re-establishing a connection.
31 * That is because UDP is a connectionless protocol and the Daytime protocol is stateless.
32 *
33 * @see DaytimeTCPClient
34 */
35 public final class DaytimeUDPClient extends DatagramSocketClient {
36
37 /**
38 * The default daytime port. It is set to 13 according to RFC 867.
39 */
40 public static final int DEFAULT_PORT = 13;
41
42 private final byte[] dummyData = new byte[1];
43
44 /**
45 * Received dates should be less than 256 bytes.
46 */
47 private final byte[] timeData = new byte[256];
48
49 /**
50 * Shorthand for <code>getTime(host, DaytimeUDPClient.DEFAULT_PORT);</code>
51 *
52 * @param host the host
53 * @return the time
54 * @throws IOException on error
55 */
56 public String getTime(final InetAddress host) throws IOException {
57 return getTime(host, DEFAULT_PORT);
58 }
59
60 /**
61 * Gets the time string from the specified server and port and returns it.
62 *
63 * @param host The address of the server.
64 * @param port The port of the service.
65 * @return The time string.
66 * @throws IOException If an error occurs while retrieving the time.
67 */
68 public String getTime(final InetAddress host, final int port) throws IOException {
69 final DatagramPacket sendPacket = new DatagramPacket(dummyData, dummyData.length, host, port);
70 final DatagramPacket receivePacket = new DatagramPacket(timeData, timeData.length);
71 checkOpen().send(sendPacket);
72 checkOpen().receive(receivePacket);
73 return new String(receivePacket.getData(), 0, receivePacket.getLength(), getCharset());
74 }
75
76 }