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Maarten's Mud, WWW-based MUD using MYSQL
Copyright (C) 1998 Maarten van Leunen
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
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Maarten van Leunen
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package mmud.commands;
import mmud.MudException;
import mmud.boards.Board;
import mmud.characters.Persons;
import mmud.characters.User;
import mmud.database.BoardsDb;
import mmud.database.MudDatabaseException;
/**
* Reads a generic board.
*/
public abstract class PostBoardCommand extends NormalCommand
{
public PostBoardCommand(String aRegExpr)
{
super(aRegExpr);
}
/**
* Posts a message of a user to a board.
*
* @param aUser
* the user posting to the board. Used to convey messages.
* @param aBoardName
* the name of the board.
* @param aRoomId
* the identification number of the room where this board is
* active.
* @return boolean, false if a message was not properly posted.
* @throws MudException
* room not found
*/
protected boolean postMessage(User aUser, String aBoardName, int aRoomId,
String aMessage) throws MudException
{
if (aUser.getRoom().getId() != aRoomId)
{
return false;
}
Board myBoard = null;
try
{
myBoard = BoardsDb.getBoard(aBoardName);
} catch (MudDatabaseException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
return false;
}
try
{
myBoard.post(aUser, aMessage);
} catch (MudDatabaseException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
return false;
}
Persons.sendMessage(aUser, "%SNAME posted something on the "
+ myBoard.getName() + " board.<BR>\r\n");
return true;
}
}