/*
Copyright (c) 2007 Health Market Science, Inc.
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
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version 2.1 of the License.
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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You can contact Health Market Science at info@healthmarketscience.com
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*/
package examples.stream;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.rmi.registry.LocateRegistry;
import java.rmi.registry.Registry;
import com.healthmarketscience.rmiio.SimpleRemoteInputStream;
/**
* Example client which sends a file (given on the command line) to the
* example server using a RemoteInputStream.
*
* @author James Ahlborn
*/
public class TestClient {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
{
if(args.length < 1) {
System.err.println("Usage: <file>");
System.exit(1);
}
// grab the file name from the commandline
String fileName = args[0];
// get a handle to the remote service to which we want to send the file
Registry registry = LocateRegistry.getRegistry();
RemoteFileServer stub = (RemoteFileServer)
registry.lookup("RemoteFileServer");
System.out.println("Sending file " + fileName);
// setup the remote input stream. 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 RemoteFileServer will then
// interact with to get the file data.
SimpleRemoteInputStream istream = new SimpleRemoteInputStream(
new FileInputStream(fileName));
try {
// call the remote method on the server. the server will actually
// interact with the RMI "server" we started above to retrieve the
// file data
stub.sendFile(istream.export());
} finally {
// always make a best attempt to shutdown RemoteInputStream
istream.close();
}
System.out.println("Finished sending file " + fileName);
}
}