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package org.apache.commons.net;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.DatagramPacket;
import java.net.InetAddress;

/***
 * The DiscardUDPClient class is a UDP implementation of a client for the
 * Discard protocol described in RFC 863.  To use the class,
 * just open a local UDP port
 * with <a href="org.apache.commons.net.DatagramSocketClient.html#open"> open </a>
 * and call <a href="#send"> send </a> to send datagrams to the server
 * After you're done sending discard data, call
 * <a href="org.apache.commons.net.DatagramSocketClient.html#close"> close() </a>
 * to clean up properly.
 * <p>
 * <p>
 * @author Daniel F. Savarese
 * @see DiscardTCPClient
 ***/

public class DiscardUDPClient extends DatagramSocketClient
{
    /*** The default discard port.  It is set to 9 according to RFC 863. ***/
    public static final int DEFAULT_PORT = 9;

    DatagramPacket _sendPacket;

    public DiscardUDPClient()
    {
        _sendPacket = new DatagramPacket(new byte[0], 0);
    }


    /***
     * Sends the specified data to the specified server at the specified port.
     * <p>
     * @param data  The discard data to send.
     * @param length  The length of the data to send.  Should be less than
     *    or equal to the length of the data byte array.
     * @param host  The address of the server.
     * @param port  The service port.
     * @exception IOException If an error occurs during the datagram send
     *            operation.
     ***/
    public void send(byte[] data, int length, InetAddress host, int port)
    throws IOException
    {
        _sendPacket.setData(data);
        _sendPacket.setLength(length);
        _sendPacket.setAddress(host);
        _sendPacket.setPort(port);
        _socket_.send(_sendPacket);
    }


    /***
     * Same as
     * <code>send(data, length, host. DiscardUDPClient.DEFAULT_PORT)</code>.
     ***/
    public void send(byte[] data, int length, InetAddress host)
    throws IOException
    {
        send(data, length, host, DEFAULT_PORT);
    }


    /***
     * Same as
     * <code>send(data, data.length, host. DiscardUDPClient.DEFAULT_PORT)</code>.
     ***/
    public void send(byte[] data, InetAddress host) throws IOException
    {
        send(data, data.length, host, DEFAULT_PORT);
    }

}