nova.core.network

Class NetworkManager

java.lang.Object

nova.core.network.NetworkManager

public abstract class NetworkManager
extends java.lang.Object

A central network manager.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
NetworkManager()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
PacketHandler<?>	getPacketType(int id)
PacketHandler<?>	getPacketType(java.lang.Object handler) Gets the packet type that handles a PacketHandler
int	getPacketTypeID(PacketHandler<?> type)
NetworkTarget.Side	getSide() Use NetworkTarget.Side.get() instead.
boolean	isClient() Use NetworkTarget.Side.get().isClient() instead.
abstract boolean	isServer() Use NetworkTarget.Side.get().isServer() instead.
abstract Packet	newPacket()
int	register(PacketHandler<?> type) Register a packet type.
abstract void	sendChat(Player player, java.lang.String message)
void	sendPacket(java.lang.Object sender, Packet packet) Sends a packet based on a sender.
abstract void	sendPacket(Packet packet) Sends a new custom packet without any overhead.
void	sync(int id, java.lang.Object sender) Syncs a PacketHandler between server and client, with a specific packet ID
void	sync(java.lang.Object sender) Syncs a PacketHandler between server and client.
Packet	writePacket(java.lang.Object sender, Packet packet)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

NetworkManager

public NetworkManager()

Method Detail

register

public int register(PacketHandler<?> type)

Register a packet type. A packet type handles a specific packet handler type.

Parameters:

type - The packet handler to register

Returns:

The ID of the packet handler

newPacket

public abstract Packet newPacket()

Returns:

A new empty packet

getPacketType

public PacketHandler<?> getPacketType(int id)

getPacketTypeID

public int getPacketTypeID(PacketHandler<?> type)

getPacketType

public PacketHandler<?> getPacketType(java.lang.Object handler)

Gets the packet type that handles a PacketHandler

Parameters:

handler - The packet handler

Returns:

The packet type for the packet handler

sendPacket

public void sendPacket(java.lang.Object sender,
                       Packet packet)

Sends a packet based on a sender.

Parameters:

sender - The packet handler sending the packet

packet - The packet to send

sendPacket

public abstract void sendPacket(Packet packet)

Sends a new custom packet without any overhead. This method directly sends the packet. It will not write the PacketType ID, which will cause an error unless the ID is written to the packet already.

Parameters:

packet - The packet to send

writePacket

public Packet writePacket(java.lang.Object sender,
                          Packet packet)

sync

public final void sync(java.lang.Object sender)

Syncs a PacketHandler between server and client.

Parameters:

sender - Syncable

sync

public void sync(int id,
                 java.lang.Object sender)

Syncs a PacketHandler between server and client, with a specific packet ID

Parameters:

id - The packet ID

sender - sender Syncable

sendChat

public abstract void sendChat(Player player,
                              java.lang.String message)

getSide

public final NetworkTarget.Side getSide()

Use NetworkTarget.Side.get() instead.

Returns:

active side

isClient

public final boolean isClient()

Use NetworkTarget.Side.get().isClient() instead.

Returns:

true if the active side is NetworkTarget.Side.CLIENT

isServer

public abstract boolean isServer()

Use NetworkTarget.Side.get().isServer() instead.

Returns:

true if the active side is NetworkTarget.Side.SERVER