com.oroinc.net.tftp
Class TFTPPacket

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.oroinc.net.tftp.TFTPPacket

Direct Known Subclasses:

TFTPAckPacket, TFTPDataPacket, TFTPErrorPacket, TFTPRequestPacket

public abstract class TFTPPacket

extends java.lang.Object

TFTPPacket is an abstract class encapsulating the functionality common to the 5 types of TFTP packets. It also provides a static factory method that will create the correct TFTP packet instance from a datagram. This relieves the programmer from having to figure out what kind of TFTP packet is contained in a datagram and create it himself.

Details regarding the TFTP protocol and the format of TFTP packets can be found in RFC 783. But the point of these classes is to keep you from having to worry about the internals. Additionally, only very few people should have to care about any of the TFTPPacket classes or derived classes. Almost all users should only be concerned with the TFTPClient class receiveFile() and sendFile() methods.

Author:

Daniel F. Savarese

See Also:

TFTPPacketException, TFTP

Field Summary

static int	ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Identifier returned by getType() indicating an acknowledgement packet.
static int	DATA Identifier returned by getType() indicating a data packet.
static int	ERROR Identifier returned by getType() indicating an error packet.
static int	READ_REQUEST Identifier returned by getType() indicating a read request packet.
static int	SEGMENT_SIZE The TFTP data packet maximum segment size in bytes.
static int	WRITE_REQUEST Identifier returned by getType() indicating a write request packet.

Method Summary

java.net.InetAddress	getAddress() Returns the address of the host where the packet is going to be sent or where it came from.
int	getPort() Returns the port where the packet is going to be sent or where it came from.
int	getType() Returns the type of the packet.
abstract java.net.DatagramPacket	newDatagram() This is an abstract method, exposed to the programmer in case he wants to implement his own TFTP client instead of using the TFTPClient class.
static TFTPPacket	newTFTPPacket(java.net.DatagramPacket datagram) When you receive a datagram that you expect to be a TFTP packet, you use this factory method to create the proper TFTPPacket object encapsulating the data contained in that datagram.
void	setAddress(java.net.InetAddress address) Sets the host address where the packet is going to be sent.
void	setPort(int port) Sets the port where the packet is going to be sent.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

READ_REQUEST

public static final int READ_REQUEST

Identifier returned by getType() indicating a read request packet. This is the actual TFTP spec identifier and is equal to 1.

WRITE_REQUEST

public static final int WRITE_REQUEST

Identifier returned by getType() indicating a write request packet. This is the actual TFTP spec identifier and is equal to 2.

DATA

public static final int DATA

Identifier returned by getType() indicating a data packet. This is the actual TFTP spec identifier and is equal to 3.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

public static final int ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Identifier returned by getType() indicating an acknowledgement packet. This is the actual TFTP spec identifier and is equal to 4.

ERROR

public static final int ERROR

Identifier returned by getType() indicating an error packet. This is the actual TFTP spec identifier and is equal to 5.

SEGMENT_SIZE

public static final int SEGMENT_SIZE

The TFTP data packet maximum segment size in bytes. This is 512 and is useful for those familiar with the TFTP protocol who want to use the TFTP class methods to implement their own TFTP servers or clients.

Method Detail

newTFTPPacket

public static final TFTPPacket newTFTPPacket(java.net.DatagramPacket datagram)
                                      throws TFTPPacketException

When you receive a datagram that you expect to be a TFTP packet, you use this factory method to create the proper TFTPPacket object encapsulating the data contained in that datagram. This method is the only way you can instantiate a TFTPPacket derived class from a datagram.

Parameters:

datagram - The datagram containing a TFTP packet.

Returns:

The TFTPPacket object corresponding to the datagram.

Throws:

TFTPPacketException - If the datagram does not contain a valid TFTP packet.

newDatagram

public abstract java.net.DatagramPacket newDatagram()

This is an abstract method, exposed to the programmer in case he wants to implement his own TFTP client instead of using the TFTPClient class. Under normal circumstances, you should not have a need to call this method. It creates a UDP datagram containing all the TFTP packet data in the proper format.

Returns:

A UDP datagram containing the TFTP packet.

getType

public final int getType()

Returns the type of the packet.

Returns:

The type of the packet.

getAddress

public final java.net.InetAddress getAddress()

Returns the address of the host where the packet is going to be sent or where it came from.

Returns:

The type of the packet.

getPort

public final int getPort()

Returns the port where the packet is going to be sent or where it came from.

Returns:

The port where the packet came from or where it is going.

setPort

public final void setPort(int port)

Sets the port where the packet is going to be sent.

setAddress

public final void setAddress(java.net.InetAddress address)

Sets the host address where the packet is going to be sent.