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Class semper.download.NewsClientClass

java.lang.Object
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public class NewsClientClass

extends Object

implements Serializable

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $ $Date: 1998/03/13 16:40:57 $

Author:

Petros Pantis, Kostas Tzelepis

NewsClientClass()

Object constructor

getNews()

Retieves the news stored in the news database

getUpdateTime()

Retrieve the last date in which the news server was consulting

printSelf(PrintWriter)

Used only for debugging reasons

removeNews(Object)

Called to remove records originated from a particular host

removeNews(Vector)

Called to remove identical records stored in the local news database

storeNews(Vector, long)

Method used to store obtained news in the news database.

 public NewsClientClass()

Object constructor

 public boolean storeNews(Vector news,
                          long time)

Method used to store obtained news in the news database. All the identical previous stored records are replaced with the new ones

Parameters:

news - the vector object contained the news which are downloaded from the news server

time - the time label of the downloaded news

 public Vector getNews()

Retieves the news stored in the news database

Returns:

value a list of new software components

 public void removeNews(Vector news)

Called to remove identical records stored in the local news database

Parameters:

news - the records which should be deleted from the news database

 public void removeNews(Object hostObject)

Called to remove records originated from a particular host

Parameters:

hostObject - the hostname or host inetaddress object

 public long getUpdateTime()

Retrieve the last date in which the news server was consulting

Returns:

value last consulting date

 public void printSelf(PrintWriter out)

Used only for debugging reasons

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