com.continuent.tungsten.common.network
Class OsUtilityPing

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

All Implemented Interfaces:

PingMethod

public class OsUtilityPing
extends java.lang.Object
implements PingMethod

Ping host using OS ping utility.

Author:

Robert Hodges

Constructor Summary

OsUtilityPing()

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

OsUtilityPing

public OsUtilityPing()

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()