net.sf.borg.control
Class Borg

java.lang.Object
  net.sf.borg.control.Borg

All Implemented Interfaces:

Observer, SocketHandler

public class Borg
extends Object
implements SocketHandler, Observer

The Main Class of Borg. It's responsible for starting up the model and spawning various threads, including the main UI thread and various timer threads. It also handles shutdown.

Method Summary

protected URL	getJarURL() Constructs a URL expression for the location to this current class, where it lives in the jar file.
static Borg	getReference() Gets the singleton.
static void	main(String[] args) The main method.
String	processMessage(String msg) process a socket message
static void	shutdown() close db connections and end the program
void	update(Observable o, Object arg)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

getReference

public static Borg getReference()

Gets the singleton.

Returns:

the singleton

main

public static void main(String[] args)

The main method.

Parameters:

args - the arguments

shutdown

public static void shutdown()

close db connections and end the program

processMessage

public String processMessage(String msg)

process a socket message

Specified by:

processMessage in interface SocketHandler

Parameters:

msg - the msg

Returns:

the response string to be sent back to the socket client

getJarURL

protected URL getJarURL()
                 throws MalformedURLException

Constructs a URL expression for the location to this current class, where it lives in the jar file.

Returns:

Throws:

MalformedURLException

update

public void update(Observable o,
                   Object arg)

Specified by:

update in interface Observer