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Class w3c.jigsaw.http.Shuffler 

java.lang.Object
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public class Shuffler
extends Object
This class implements both a nice hack and some magic. It uses an underlying shuffler process to speed up the sending of big data files back to the client.

The protocol between the server and the shuffler is quite simple, one byte indicate the operation, which takes as argument two file descriptors.

Variable Index

o SHUFFLER_P
The property giving the path of the shuffler server.

Constructor Index

o Shuffler(String)
Create a new data shuffler.

Method Index

o main(String[])
o shuffle(Client, Reply)
Shuffle the given rteply body to the given client.
o shutdown()

Variables

o SHUFFLER_P 
 public static final String SHUFFLER_P
The property giving the path of the shuffler server. The shuffler server is an optional server helper, that deals with serving resource contents. When resource contents can be efficiently messaged between process boundaries (eg using sendmsg), the shuffler server takes over the task of sending resource's content back to the client. This property gives the path of the shuffler server binary program.

Constructors

o Shuffler 
 public Shuffler(String path)
Create a new data shuffler. The path identifies the directory in which UNIX socket will get bind. This should be an absloute path, eg /tmp/shuffler.

Parameters:
path - The path to the server.

Methods

o shuffle 
 public int shuffle(Client client,
                    Reply reply) throws IOException
Shuffle the given rteply body to the given client. This methods tries to outout the given reply

o shutdown 
 public synchronized void shutdown()
o main 
 public static void main(String args[]) throws FileNotFoundException, IOException

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