net.tomp2p.connection

Class DiscoverNetworks

java.lang.Object

net.tomp2p.connection.DiscoverNetworks

public final class DiscoverNetworks
extends Object

A class to search for addresses to bind the sockets to. The user first creates a Bindings class and provides all the necesary information, then calls discoverInterfaces(Bindings). The results are stored in Bindings as well.

Author:

Thomas Bocek

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static String	discoverInterfaces(Bindings bindings) Search for local interfaces.
static String	discoverNetwork(NetworkInterface networkInterface, Bindings bindings) Discovers network interfaces and addresses.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

discoverInterfaces

public static String discoverInterfaces(Bindings bindings)
                                 throws IOException

Search for local interfaces. Hints how to search for those interfaces are provided by the user through the Bindings class. The results of that search (InetAddress) are stored in Bindings as well.

Parameters:

bindings - The hints for the search and also the results are stored there

Returns:

The status of the search

Throws:

IOException - If anything goes wrong, such as reflection.

discoverNetwork

public static String discoverNetwork(NetworkInterface networkInterface,
                     Bindings bindings)

Discovers network interfaces and addresses.

Parameters:

networkInterface - The networkInterface to search for addresses to listen to

bindings - The search hints and result storage.

Returns:

The status of the discovery