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package org.apache.commons.net.discard;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.DatagramPacket;
import java.net.InetAddress;

import org.apache.commons.net.DatagramSocketClient;
import org.apache.commons.net.util.NetConstants;

/**
 * The DiscardUDPClient class is a UDP implementation of a client for the
 * Discard protocol described in RFC 863.  To use the class,
 * just open a local UDP port
 * with {@link org.apache.commons.net.DatagramSocketClient#open  open }
 * and call {@link #send  send } to send datagrams to the server
 * After you're done sending discard data, call
 * {@link org.apache.commons.net.DatagramSocketClient#close  close() }
 * to clean up properly.
 *
 * @see DiscardTCPClient
 */

public class DiscardUDPClient extends DatagramSocketClient
{
    /** The default discard port.  It is set to 9 according to RFC 863. */
    public static final int DEFAULT_PORT = 9;

    private final DatagramPacket sendPacket;

    public DiscardUDPClient()
    {
        sendPacket = new DatagramPacket(NetConstants.EMPTY_BTYE_ARRAY, 0);
    }


    /**
     * Sends the specified data to the specified server at the specified port.
     *
     * @param data  The discard data to send.
     * @param length  The length of the data to send.  Should be less than
     *    or equal to the length of the data byte array.
     * @param host  The address of the server.
     * @param port  The service port.
     * @throws IOException If an error occurs during the datagram send
     *            operation.
     */
    public void send(final byte[] data, final int length, final InetAddress host, final int port)
    throws IOException
    {
        sendPacket.setData(data);
        sendPacket.setLength(length);
        sendPacket.setAddress(host);
        sendPacket.setPort(port);
        _socket_.send(sendPacket);
    }


    /**
     * Same as
     * send(data, length, host. DiscardUDPClient.DEFAULT_PORT).
     * @param data the buffer to send
     * @param length the length of the data in the buffer
     * @param host the target host
     * @see #send(byte[], int, InetAddress, int)
     * @throws IOException if an error occurs
     */
    public void send(final byte[] data, final int length, final InetAddress host)
    throws IOException
    {
        send(data, length, host, DEFAULT_PORT);
    }


    /**
     * Same as
     * send(data, data.length, host. DiscardUDPClient.DEFAULT_PORT).
     * @param data the buffer to send
     * @param host the target host
     * @see #send(byte[], int, InetAddress, int)
     * @throws IOException if an error occurs
     */
    public void send(final byte[] data, final InetAddress host) throws IOException
    {
        send(data, data.length, host, DEFAULT_PORT);
    }

}