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    Default extending Observable and implementing runnable possible ??

    Hello all, I was wondering whether it is possible for a class implementing runnable, to notify another class through Observable ?? I mean i have tried it and end up with two non responding program. can somebody point it out whether it is possible at al.l if possible what i am doing wrong here ? Regards.

    Server side code
    import java.io.* ;
    import java.net.* ;
    import java.util.* ;
     
    class Client implements Runnable{
    	Socket s = null ;
    	ObjectInputStream in = null ;
    	ObjectOutputStream out = null ;
     
    	public Client(Socket s){
    		try{
    			this.s = s ;
    			in = new ObjectInputStream(s.getInputStream()) ;
    			out = new ObjectOutputStream(s.getOutputStream()) ;
    		} catch (Exception e){
    			System.out.println(e) ;
    		}
     
    	}
    	public void run(){
    		System.out.println(s) ;
    		try{
    			Random r = new Random() ;
    			for (int i = 0 ; i < 1000000 ; i++){
    				System.out.println(i) ;
    				//int rd = r.nextInt() % 200 ;
    				if (i % 1000 == 0){
    					out.writeObject(new String("muchacha " + i)) ;
    					out.flush() ;
    				}else{
    					out.writeObject(new Integer(i)) ;
    					out.flush() ;
    				}
    			}
    			out.close() ;
    			in.close() ;
    			s.close() ;
    		} catch (Exception e){
    			System.out.println(e) ;
    		}
     
    	}
    }
     
    class Server{
    	public static void main(String [] args){
    		ServerSocket ss = null ; 
    		Socket conn = null ; 
    		try{
    			ss = new ServerSocket(4444) ;
    			while (true){
    				conn = ss.accept() ;
    				System.out.println("Connection from " + conn) ;
    				Thread t = new Thread(new Client(conn)) ;
    				t.start() ;
    			}
    		} catch (Exception e){}
    	}
    }

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    import java.util.* ;
    import java.net.* ;
    import java.io.* ;
     
    class Watcher implements Observer{
    	public void update(Observable obj, Object arg){
    		System.out.println("observer update() arg : " + arg) ;
    	}
    }
     
    class BeingWatched extends Observable implements Runnable{
    	Socket conn = null ;
    	ObjectInputStream in = null ;
    	ObjectOutputStream out = null ;
     
    	public BeingWatched(Socket conn, Observer w){
    		try{
    			this.addObserver(w) ;
    			this.conn = conn ;
     
     
    		} catch (Exception e){}
     
    	}
    	public void run(){
    		System.out.println("came here") ;
     
    		try{
    		in = new ObjectInputStream(conn.getInputStream()) ;
    		out = new ObjectOutputStream(conn.getOutputStream()) ;
    		while(true){
    			Object o = (Object)in.readObject() ;
    			if (o instanceof String){
    				setChanged() ;
    				notifyObservers(o) ;
    			}
    		}}catch(Exception e){ System.out.println(e) ;}
    	}
    }
     
    class Obs{
    	public static void main(String [] args){
    		try{
    			Watcher w1 = new Watcher() ;
    			Socket s = new Socket("127.0.0.1", 4444) ;
    			BeingWatched bw = new BeingWatched(s, w1) ;
    			Thread t = new Thread (bw) ;
    			t.start() ;
    		} catch(Exception e){}
     
    	}
    }


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    Default Re: extending Observable and implementing runnable possible ??

    You can implement them both like this


    public class AClass implements Runnable, Observable
    {

    }

    you could also have

    public class AClass extends JFrame implements Runnable, Observable

    you may even be able to do

    public class AClass extends JFrame, Runnable, Observable

    since only one of them is a class and the other two are interfaces.

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    Default Re: extending Observable and implementing runnable possible ??

    Quote Originally Posted by javapenguin View Post
    You can implement them both like this

    public class AClass implements Runnable, Observable
    {

    }
    ....

    since only one of them is a class and the other two are interfaces.
    No you cannot...did you read the API for Observable? It is a class not an interface. Observer is an interface.


    Quote Originally Posted by dumb_terminal
    I mean i have tried it and end up with two non responding program.
    Can you explain what you mean by non-responding? Does this mean the program exits and completes all its code, or deadlocks somewhere in between?

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    Quote Originally Posted by copeg View Post
    Can you explain what you mean by non-responding? Does this mean the program exits and completes all its code, or deadlocks somewhere in between?
    it hangs so that means its most probably a deadlock, could it be a Thread - Adress space issue since the observable is ruunning on a different thread and the observer on main thread ? but then again i passed a reference to the observer class. i don't know much about Java thread space (is the terminology Thread space correct ? )

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    Default Re: extending Observable and implementing runnable possible ??

    The question now is where does it hang. Add tons of println's in there and see if it hangs on the connection side of the server or client, or within the thread itself. Add them in and see up to what point they stop. One issue that just caught my eye is the following piece of code:
    while (true){
                    conn = ss.accept() ;
                    System.out.println("Connection from " + conn) ;
                    Thread t = new Thread(new Client(conn)) ;
                    t.start() ;
                }
    Not sure this is the behavior you want, to continually try to accept the ServerSocket and create thread after thread if they are accepted (not actually sure how this will behave in this context - whether the accept will block).

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    Default Re: extending Observable and implementing runnable possible ??

    Quote Originally Posted by copeg View Post
    The question now is where does it hang.
    It hung when either one of the side was trying to get the Streams. I commented out the input stream of server and output stream of the client then worked just fine. Yup the observer is getting update . But what is the issue here ?? i have tried to get both streams (I/O) on both sides on other occassions but with no problem.

    Quote Originally Posted by copeg View Post
    Not sure this is the behavior you want, to continually try to accept the ServerSocket and create thread after thread if they are accepted (not actually sure how this will behave in this context - whether the accept will block)
    Well normally servers accepts each connection don't they ??

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    Default Re: extending Observable and implementing runnable possible ??

    Try reversing the InputOutput stream instantiations in one of the Client or Server. You may have a deadlock when it comes to input/output connections. If the server first tries to create an InputStream, it is waiting on the client to get an outputstream, but currently the client can't create the outputstream because it is waiting in the getInputStream for the server to create an outputstream.

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    Default Re: extending Observable and implementing runnable possible ??

    Quote Originally Posted by copeg View Post
    Try reversing the InputOutput stream instantiations in one of the Client or Server. You may have a deadlock when it comes to input/output connections. If the server first tries to create an InputStream, it is waiting on the client to get an outputstream, but currently the client can't create the outputstream because it is waiting in the getInputStream for the server to create an outputstream.
    Worked like charm.... thanks.

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