net.sf.bloof.scm.cvsplugin
Class CvsConnection

java.lang.Object
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  +--net.sf.bloof.scm.cvsplugin.CvsConnection

Direct Known Subclasses:

ExternalProcessServerConnection, MindBrightSSHConnection, PServerConnection

public abstract class CvsConnection

extends java.lang.Object

Defines a connection with a CVS server. A server connection has an input and an output stream over which to communicate.

Author:

Nicholas Allen, Lukasz Pekacki

Constructor Summary

CvsConnection(RepositoryLocation aLocation)
Constructs a Connection

Method Summary

abstract void	close() Closes the connection
protected void	displayStatus(java.lang.String aMessage) Displays any status messages during creation of the connection.
java.io.InputStream	getErrorStream() Gets the stream used for displaying error messages.
abstract java.io.InputStream	getInputStream() Gets the input stream from which the client should read server responses from
abstract java.io.OutputStream	getOutputStream() Gets the output stream over which the client should send its requests to the server
RepositoryLocation	getRepositoryLocation() Gets the repository location that this connection is connected to

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

CvsConnection

public CvsConnection(RepositoryLocation aLocation)

Constructs a Connection

Parameters:

aLocation - specifies the location of the Repository

Method Detail

getRepositoryLocation

public RepositoryLocation getRepositoryLocation()

Gets the repository location that this connection is connected to

Returns:

RepositoryLocation

getInputStream

public abstract java.io.InputStream getInputStream()

Gets the input stream from which the client should read server responses from

Returns:

InputStream

getOutputStream

public abstract java.io.OutputStream getOutputStream()

Gets the output stream over which the client should send its requests to the server

Returns:

OutputStream

getErrorStream

public java.io.InputStream getErrorStream()

Gets the stream used for displaying error messages. If null then there is not error stream

Returns:

InputStream

close

public abstract void close()

Closes the connection

displayStatus

protected void displayStatus(java.lang.String aMessage)

Displays any status messages during creation of the connection.