edu.rit.m2mp
Class PacketPool

java.lang.Object
  edu.rit.m2mp.PacketPool

public class PacketPool
extends Object

Class PacketPool provides a pool of M2MP Packets.

Note: Class PacketPool is multiple thread safe.

Constructor Summary

PacketPool()
Construct a new packet pool.

Method Summary

Packet	allocate() Allocate a packet from this packet pool.
void	deallocate(Packet thePacket) Deallocate a packet into this packet pool.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

PacketPool

public PacketPool()

Construct a new packet pool.

Method Detail

allocate

public Packet allocate()

Allocate a packet from this packet pool.

Returns:

Packet.

deallocate

public void deallocate(Packet thePacket)

Deallocate a packet into this packet pool. The packet is made available for subsequent allocation.

Parameters:

thePacket - Packet.

Throws:

NullPointerException - (unchecked exception) Thrown if thePacket is null.