package com.dwave.rmi;    
/*
 *  Pulse
 *
 *   Copyright (C) 2000  D-Wave Systems Inc.
 *
 *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 *   (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *   GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 *   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */

/**
 * Class to send a pulse to rmi server every ten seconds
 * to keep open the connection
 *
 * @author  Michael Coury
 * @version 1, 10/06/2000  
 * @see     com.dwave.rmi.DWaveRMIClient  
 */

public class Pulse extends Thread {
  DWaveRMIClient theClient;
  boolean pulse = true;

  public Pulse(DWaveRMIClient aClient) {
    theClient=aClient;
    start();
  }

  public void run() {
    try {
      while(pulse) {
        theClient.pulse();
        this.sleep(10000);
      }
    }
    catch(Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); }
  }

  public void setPulse(boolean toPulse) { pulse = toPulse; }
  public boolean isPulsing() { return pulse; }
}