public class FingerConnection
extends java.lang.Object

• Field Summary

  Fields

  Modifier and Type	Field and Description
  static int	DEFAULT_PORT The default finger port.
  protected java.net.Socket	socket The underlying socket used for communications.
  protected boolean	verbose If we want a verbose response.

• Constructor Summary

  Constructors

  Constructor and Description
  FingerConnection (java.lang.String host) Creates a new finger connection.
  FingerConnection (java.lang.String host, int port) Creates a new finger connection.

• Method Summary

  Methods

  Modifier and Type	Method and Description
  java.lang.String	finger (java.lang.String username) Fingers the specified user.
  java.lang.String	finger (java.lang.String username, java.lang.String hostname) Fingers the specified user at the specified host.
  boolean	isVerbose () Retrieves the verbose flag.
  java.lang.String	list () Lists the available users.
  void	setVerbose (boolean verbose) Sets the verbose flag.

  • Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

• Field Detail

  • DEFAULT_PORT

    public static final int DEFAULT_PORT

    The default finger port.

    See Also:

    Constant Field Values

  • socket

    protected java.net.Socket socket

    The underlying socket used for communications.

  • verbose

    protected boolean verbose

    If we want a verbose response.

• Constructor Detail

  • FingerConnection

    public FingerConnection(java.lang.String host)
     throws java.io.IOException

    Creates a new finger connection.

    Parameters:

    host - the name of the internet host to connect to

    Throws:

    java.io.IOException

  • FingerConnection

    public FingerConnection(java.lang.String host,
     int port)
     throws java.io.IOException

    Creates a new finger connection.

    Parameters:

    host - the name of the internet host to connect to

    port - the port to connect to

    Throws:

    java.io.IOException

• Method Detail

  • isVerbose

    public boolean isVerbose()

    Retrieves the verbose flag. If true, the server should provide more output.

  • setVerbose

    public void setVerbose(boolean verbose)

    Sets the verbose flag. If true, the server should provide more output.

    Parameters:

    verbose - true for more verbose, false otherwise

  • list

    public java.lang.String list()
     throws java.io.IOException

    Lists the available users.

    Throws:

    java.io.IOException

  • finger

    public java.lang.String finger(java.lang.String username)
     throws java.io.IOException

    Fingers the specified user.

    Parameters:

    username - the user to finger

    Returns:

    information about all matching users

    Throws:

    java.io.IOException

  • finger

    public java.lang.String finger(java.lang.String username,
     java.lang.String hostname)
     throws java.io.IOException

    Fingers the specified user at the specified host.

    Parameters:

    username - the user to finger (null for any user)

    hostname - the domain of the user (null for any domain)

    Returns:

    information about all matching users

    Throws:

    java.io.IOException