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*/

package examples.iterator;

import java.rmi.registry.LocateRegistry;
import java.rmi.registry.Registry;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

import com.healthmarketscience.rmiio.SerialRemoteIteratorClient;
import com.healthmarketscience.rmiio.SerialRemoteIteratorServer;

/**
 * Example client which sends a bunch of strings (given on the command line)
 * to the example server using a RemoteIterator.
 *
 * @author James Ahlborn
 */
public class TestClient {

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
  {
    if(args.length < 1) {
      System.err.println("Usage: <string1> [<string2> ...]");
      System.exit(1);
    }

    // grab the string arguments from the commandline
    List<String> strings = Arrays.asList(args);

    // get a handle to the remote service to which we want to send the strings
    Registry registry = LocateRegistry.getRegistry(2013);
    RemoteStringServer stub = (RemoteStringServer)
      registry.lookup("RemoteStringServer");

    System.out.println("Sending " + strings.size()  + " strings");

    SerialRemoteIteratorServer<String> server = null;
    try {
      // setup the remote iterator.  note, the client here is actually acting
      // as an RMI server (very confusing, i know).  this code sets up an RMI
      // server in the client, which the RemoteStringServer will then interact
      // with to get the String data.
      server = new SerialRemoteIteratorServer<String>(strings.iterator());
      SerialRemoteIteratorClient<String> client =
        new SerialRemoteIteratorClient<String>(server); 

      // call the remote method on the server.  the server will actually
      // interact with the RMI "server" we started above to retrieve the
      // String data
      stub.sendStrings(client);
      
    } finally {
      // always make a best attempt to shutdown RemoteIterator
      if(server != null) {
        server.close();
      }
    }

    System.out.println("Finished sending " + strings.size()  + " strings");
    
  }

}