com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.core.intermud.packets
Class TellPacket

java.lang.Object
  com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.core.intermud.packets.Packet
      com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.core.intermud.packets.TellPacket

public class TellPacket
extends Packet

This extension of the Packet class handles incoming and outgoing intermud tells. To use it in a services object, simply grab the data out of its public members. To use it to send a tell, set all of its public data members and call the send() method.
Created: 22 Spetember 1996
Last modified: 29 September 1996

Field Summary

java.lang.String	message The actual message being sent.
java.lang.String	sender_visible_name The display name for the person sending the tell.

Fields inherited from class com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.core.intermud.packets.Packet

CHAN_ADD, CHAN_EMOTE, CHAN_LISTEN, CHAN_MESSAGE, CHAN_REMOVE, CHAN_TARGET, CHAN_WHO_REP, CHAN_WHO_REQ, LOCATE_QUERY, LOCATE_REPLY, sender_mud, sender_name, target_mud, target_name, TELL, type, WHO_REPLY, WHO_REQUEST

Constructor Summary

TellPacket()

TellPacket(Interactive u, java.lang.String who, java.lang.String mud, java.lang.String msg)
Constructs an outgoing tell.

TellPacket(java.util.Vector v)
Constructs a tell package based on an I3 mud mode vector.

Method Summary

void	send() Sends a properly constructed outgoing tell to its target.
java.lang.String	toString() This method is used by the I3 system to turn the packet into a mud mode string.

Methods inherited from class com.planet_ink.coffee_mud.core.intermud.packets.Packet

convertString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

sender_visible_name

public java.lang.String sender_visible_name

The display name for the person sending the tell.

message

public java.lang.String message

The actual message being sent.

Constructor Detail

TellPacket

public TellPacket()

TellPacket

public TellPacket(java.util.Vector v)
           throws InvalidPacketException

Constructs a tell package based on an I3 mud mode vector.

Parameters:

v - the I3 mud mode vector containing the incoming tell

Throws:

InvalidPacketException - thrown if the incoming packet is bad

TellPacket

public TellPacket(Interactive u,
                  java.lang.String who,
                  java.lang.String mud,
                  java.lang.String msg)

Constructs an outgoing tell.

Parameters:

u - the interactive sending the tell

who - the person whom they are sending the tell to

mud - the mud the target is on

msg - the message being sent

Method Detail

send

public void send()
          throws InvalidPacketException

Sends a properly constructed outgoing tell to its target.

Overrides:

send in class Packet

Throws:

InvalidPacketException - thrown if this packet was not properly constructed

See Also:

Packet.send()

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

This method is used by the I3 system to turn the packet into a mud mode string. To see the proper format for an I3 tell, see the Intermud 3 documentation.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the mud mode string for this packet