com.continuent.tungsten.common.network
Class InetAddressPing

java.lang.Object
  com.continuent.tungsten.common.network.InetAddressPing

All Implemented Interfaces:

PingMethod

public class InetAddressPing
extends java.lang.Object
implements PingMethod

Tests for reachability using the Java InetAddress.isReachable() method.

Author:

Robert Hodges

Constructor Summary

InetAddressPing()

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getNotes() Return a string describing what this ping method did.
boolean	ping(HostAddress address, int timeout) Tests a host for reachability.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

InetAddressPing

public InetAddressPing()

Method Detail

ping

public boolean ping(HostAddress address,
                    int timeout)
             throws HostException

Tests a host for reachability.

Specified by:

ping in interface PingMethod

Parameters:

address - Host name

timeout - Timeout in milliseconds

Returns:

True if host is reachable, otherwise false.

Throws:

HostException

getNotes

public java.lang.String getNotes()

Return a string describing what this ping method did. They should be set even if the ping method returns an exception.

Specified by:

getNotes in interface PingMethod

See Also:

PingMethod.getNotes()