DaytimeTCPClient.java

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package org.apache.commons.net.daytime;

import java.io.IOException;

import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
import org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient;

/**
 * The DaytimeTCPClient class is a TCP implementation of a client for the Daytime protocol described in RFC 867. To use the class, merely establish a connection
 * with {@link org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient#connect connect } and call {@link #getTime getTime() } to retrieve the daytime string, then call
 * {@link org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient#disconnect disconnect } to close the connection properly.
 *
 * @see DaytimeUDPClient
 */
public final class DaytimeTCPClient extends SocketClient {

    /**
     * The default daytime port {@value} per RFC 867.
     */
    public static final int DEFAULT_PORT = 13;

    /**
     * The default DaytimeTCPClient constructor. It merely sets the default port to <code>DEFAULT_PORT</code>.
     */
    public DaytimeTCPClient() {
        setDefaultPort(DEFAULT_PORT);
    }

    /**
     * Gets the time string from the server and returns it. The server will have closed the connection at this point, so you should call
     * {@link org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient#disconnect disconnect } after calling this method. To retrieve another time, you must initiate another
     * connection with {@link org.apache.commons.net.SocketClient#connect connect } before calling {@code getTime()} again.
     *
     * @return The time string retrieved from the server.
     * @throws IOException If an error occurs while fetching the time string.
     */
    public String getTime() throws IOException {
        return IOUtils.toString(_input_, getCharset());
    }

}