org.apache.commons.net.daytime

Class DaytimeTCPClient

public final class DaytimeTCPClient extends SocketClient

The DaytimeTCPClient class is a TCP implementation of a client for the Daytime protocol described in RFC 867. To use the class, merely establish a connection with connect and call getTime() to retrieve the daytime string, then call disconnect to close the connection properly.

Author: Daniel F. Savarese

Field Summary
static int	DEFAULT_PORT The default daytime port.

Constructor Summary
	DaytimeTCPClient() The default DaytimeTCPClient constructor.

Method Summary
String	getTime() Retrieves the time string from the server and returns it.

Field Detail

DEFAULT_PORT

public static final int DEFAULT_PORT

The default daytime port. It is set to 13 according to RFC 867. **

Constructor Detail

DaytimeTCPClient

public DaytimeTCPClient()

The default DaytimeTCPClient constructor. It merely sets the default port to DEFAULT_PORT .

Method Detail

getTime

public String getTime()

Retrieves the time string from the server and returns it. The server will have closed the connection at this point, so you should call disconnect after calling this method. To retrieve another time, you must initiate another connection with connect before calling getTime() again.

Returns: The time string retrieved from the server.

Throws: IOException If an error occurs while fetching the time string.