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Class net.nntp.NntpClient

java.lang.Object
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   +----net.NetworkClient
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           +----net.TransferProtocolClient
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                   +----net.nntp.NntpClient

public class NntpClient

extends TransferProtocolClient

Version:

1.9, 12 Dec 1994

Author:

Jonathan Payne, James Gosling

NntpClient()

NntpClient(String)

Create new NNTP Client connected to host host

askServer(String)

Sends command cmd to the server.

finishPost()

Finish posting a message.

getArticle(int)

get article n from the current group.

getArticle(String)

get article id from the current group.

getGroup(String)

Get information about group name.

getHeader(int)

get header of article n from the current group.

getHeader(String)

get header of article id from the current group.

openServer(String, int)

Open a connection to the NNTP server.

setGroup(String)

Set the current group to name

startPost()

Setup to post a message.

  public NntpClient()

  public NntpClient(String host)

Create new NNTP Client connected to host host

  public void openServer(String name,
                         int port)

Open a connection to the NNTP server.

Throws: NntpProtocolException

did not get the correct welcome message

Overrides:

openServer in class NetworkClient

askServer

  public int askServer(String cmd)

Sends command cmd to the server.

getGroup

  public NewsgroupInfo getGroup(String name)

Get information about group name.

Throws: UnknownNewsgroupException

the group name wasn't active.

Throws: NntpProtocolException

received an unexpected reply.

setGroup

  public void setGroup(String name)

Set the current group to name

getArticle

  public InputStream getArticle(int n)

get article n from the current group.

getArticle

  public InputStream getArticle(String id)

get article id from the current group.

getHeader

  public InputStream getHeader(int n)

get header of article n from the current group.

getHeader

  public InputStream getHeader(String id)

get header of article id from the current group.

startPost

  public PrintStream startPost()

Setup to post a message. It returns a stream to which the article should be written. Returns null if the post is disallowed. The article must have a properly formed RFC850 header and end-of-lines must by sent as \r\n. The Article must end with \r\n

finishPost

  public boolean finishPost()

Finish posting a message. Must be called after calling startPost and writing the article. Returns true if the article is posted successfully.

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