// QHandler handles incoming queries.
public void run() {
// hmmm.. this seems like potential bug. I want to check that query is not in table. But even
// if query table contains key,
// that does not necessarily mean it is in table, b/c two queries can have SAME HASHCODE VALUE.
// I need to have some other means.
// Will talk to Rusty @ this on Monday.
if (!qt.containsKey(query)) // check that query is not already in table
{
Searcher.inform(query); // Give information to the Search Monitor panel
NetworkManager.writeButOne(query.getIP(), query); /*Query is forwarded to all connected nodes
except one from which query came. */
qt.put((Packet) query, query); // add query to table, indexed by its unique MessageID
searchResult =
SharedDirectory.search(query.getSearchString()); // check shared directory for query match
numHits = searchResult.getSize();
if (numHits != 0) // package a query hit to send out if there is at least one query match
{
queryID = query.getMessageID();
port = Mine.getPort();
myIP = Mine.getIPAddress();
speed = Mine.getSpeed();
serventID = Mine.getServentIdentifier();
queryHit = new QueryHit(numHits, port, myIP, speed, searchResult, serventID, queryID);
NetworkManager.writeToOne(
query.getIP(), queryHit); // send qHit back to node that sent original query
}
}
}
