/**
* Returns a channel from the ChannelManager's cache with the given name If multiple channels are
* found, returns the most recently CREATED one. If two channels with the very same date exist,
* avoid HUNGUP ones.
*
* @param name the name of the requested channel.
* @return the (most recent) channel if found, in any state, or null if none found.
*/
AsteriskChannelImpl getChannelImplByName(String name) {
Date dateOfCreation = null;
AsteriskChannelImpl channel = null;
if (name == null) {
return null;
}
synchronized (channels) {
for (AsteriskChannelImpl tmp : channels) {
if (tmp.getName() != null && tmp.getName().equals(name)) {
// return the most recent channel or when dates are similar, the active one
if (dateOfCreation == null
|| tmp.getDateOfCreation().after(dateOfCreation)
|| (tmp.getDateOfCreation().equals(dateOfCreation)
&& tmp.getState() != ChannelState.HUNGUP)) {
channel = tmp;
dateOfCreation = channel.getDateOfCreation();
}
}
}
}
return channel;
}
