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Class beacon.BServer 

java.lang.Object
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   +----beacon.BServer
public class BServer
extends Object
implements Runnable
The BServer handles client transactions. Currently, it handles: All transactions except REQLOC are authenticated.

It takes a port number and a database file as arguments. For example, 

java beacon.BServer 80 userdatabase.dat
It creates a new database if one does not already exist and starts with an empty user location database.

It starts a ServerMaintentanceSthread which expires locations which are not ponging, periodically dumps the database, and expires aliases that haven't been used in over a certain amount of time (currently infinite).

Method Index

o main(String[])
o run()

Methods

o main 
 public static void main(String args[])
o run 
 public void run()

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