edu.rice.cs.drjava
Class RemoteControlClient

java.lang.Object
  edu.rice.cs.drjava.RemoteControlClient

public class RemoteControlClient
extends Object

Client class to remote control an already running instance of DrJava.

Field Summary

protected static boolean	_serverRunning true if a DrJava remote control server is running.
protected static String	_serverUser Contains the name of the user running the server, or is null if no server is running.
static int	REMOTE_CONTROL_TIMEOUT Time in ms until the client decides the server is not running.

Constructor Summary

RemoteControlClient()

Method Summary

static String	getServerUser() Return the name of the user running the server, or null if no server is running.
static boolean	isServerRunning() Return true if a DrJava remote control server is running.
static void	main(String[] args) Main method for test purposes.
static boolean	openFile(File f) Tell the existing DrJava instance to open a file.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

_serverRunning

protected static boolean _serverRunning

true if a DrJava remote control server is running.

_serverUser

protected static String _serverUser

Contains the name of the user running the server, or is null if no server is running.

REMOTE_CONTROL_TIMEOUT

public static final int REMOTE_CONTROL_TIMEOUT

Time in ms until the client decides the server is not running.

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

RemoteControlClient

public RemoteControlClient()

Method Detail

isServerRunning

public static boolean isServerRunning()

Return true if a DrJava remote control server is running.

Returns:

true if running

getServerUser

public static String getServerUser()

Return the name of the user running the server, or null if no server is running.

Returns:

user name or null

openFile

public static boolean openFile(File f)
                        throws IOException

Tell the existing DrJava instance to open a file.

Parameters:

f - file, or null to just test if a server is running.

Returns:

true if file could be opened

Throws:

IOException

main

public static void main(String[] args)

Main method for test purposes.