com.soundhelix.remotecontrol

Interface TextRemoteControl

All Superinterfaces:

RemoteControl, Runnable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractTextRemoteControl, ConsoleRemoteControl, SwingRemoteControl

public interface TextRemoteControl
extends RemoteControl

Extension to the RemoteControl which allows terminal-style communication, e.g., allowing input of lines by the user and allowing output of lines by the system.

Author:

Thomas Schuerger (thomas@schuerger.com)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	readLine() Returns the next line entered by the user.
void	writeLine(String string) Writes a line to the output that is to made visible to the user.

Methods inherited from interface com.soundhelix.remotecontrol.RemoteControl

getSongContext, setSongContext

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Runnable

run

Method Detail

readLine

String readLine()

Returns the next line entered by the user. This method is allowed to block until input is available, or it can return null if there is no input. The returned string must contain the net line content only (without any line separator(s) at the end).

Returns:

the user input string or null if none is available

writeLine

void writeLine(String string)

Writes a line to the output that is to made visible to the user. The string should not contain CR or CR and LF at the end.

Parameters:

string - the string to write