com.jscape.inet.finger
Class Finger

java.lang.Object
  com.jscape.inet.finger.Finger

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class Finger

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

Implements the basic functionality of a FINGER client.

Example Usage:

 Finger finger = new Finger();
 finger.setHostname("myserver.com");

 try
 {
   // attempts to lookup information about user jsmith on machine myserver.com
   String results = finger.query("jsmith");
   System.out.println(results);
 }
 catch(FingerException e)
 {
   System.out.println(e);
 }
 

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Finger()
Constructs new Finger instance.

Finger(java.lang.String hostname)
Constructs new Finger instance.

Method Summary

java.lang.String	getHostname() Gets hostname of FINGER server.
int	getPort() Gets port of finger server.
int	getTimeout() Gets the timeout for opening a FINGER connection.
java.lang.String	query(java.lang.String user) Connects to finger server and performs finger query.
void	setHostname(java.lang.String hostname) Sets hostname of FINGER server.
void	setPort(int port) Sets port of FINGER server.
void	setProxyAuthentication(java.lang.String proxyUsername, java.lang.String proxyPassword) Sets the username and password to use when for authentication with proxy server.
void	setProxyHost(java.lang.String proxyHostname, int proxyPort) Sets the proxy hostname and port for this connection.
void	setProxyType(java.lang.String proxyType) Sets the proxy type will be used for this connection.
void	setTimeout(int timeout) Sets the timeout for opening a FINGER connection.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Finger

public Finger()

Constructs new Finger instance.

Finger

public Finger(java.lang.String hostname)

Constructs new Finger instance.

Parameters:

hostname - the hostname of FINGER server

Method Detail

setPort

public void setPort(int port)

Sets port of FINGER server. Default value is 79.

Parameters:

port - the port of FINGER server

getPort

public int getPort()

Gets port of finger server. Default value is 79.

Returns:

port

setHostname

public void setHostname(java.lang.String hostname)

Sets hostname of FINGER server.

Parameters:

hostname - the hostname of FINGER server

getHostname

public java.lang.String getHostname()

Gets hostname of FINGER server.

Returns:

the hostname of FINGER server

setTimeout

public void setTimeout(int timeout)

Sets the timeout for opening a FINGER connection. Default of 0ms uses natural timeout of socket.

Parameters:

timeout - in milliseconds

getTimeout

public int getTimeout()

Gets the timeout for opening a FINGER connection. Default of 0ms uses natural timeout of socket.

Returns:

timeout in milliseconds

setProxyAuthentication

public void setProxyAuthentication(java.lang.String proxyUsername,
                                   java.lang.String proxyPassword)

Sets the username and password to use when for authentication with proxy server. To clear these settings invoke the #clearProxySettings method.

Parameters:

proxyUsername - the proxy username

proxyPassword - the proxy password

See Also:

#clearProxySettings

setProxyHost

public void setProxyHost(java.lang.String proxyHostname,
                         int proxyPort)

Sets the proxy hostname and port for this connection. To clear these settings invoke the #clearProxySettings method.

Parameters:

proxyHostname - the hostname or ip address of the proxy server

proxyPort - the port of the proxy server

See Also:

#clearProxySettings

setProxyType

public void setProxyType(java.lang.String proxyType)

Sets the proxy type will be used for this connection.

Parameters:

proxyType - The proxy type. Valid values: HTTP, SOCKS5

query

public java.lang.String query(java.lang.String user)
                       throws FingerException

Connects to finger server and performs finger query.

Parameters:

user - the user to query

Returns:

results of finger query

Throws:

FingerException - if a FINGER or I/O error occurs