/** Stops unicast and multicast receiver threads */
void stopThreads() {
Thread tmp;
// 1. Stop the multicast receiver thread
if (mcast_receiver != null) {
if (mcast_receiver.isAlive()) {
tmp = mcast_receiver;
mcast_receiver = null;
closeMulticastSocket(); // will cause the multicast thread to terminate
tmp.interrupt();
try {
tmp.join(100);
} catch (Exception e) {
}
tmp = null;
}
mcast_receiver = null;
}
// 2. Stop the unicast receiver thread
if (ucast_receiver != null) {
ucast_receiver.stop();
ucast_receiver = null;
}
// 3. Stop the in_packet_handler thread
if (incoming_packet_handler != null) {
incoming_packet_handler.stop();
}
}
/** Starts the unicast and multicast receiver threads */
void startThreads() throws Exception {
if (ucast_receiver == null) {
// start the listener thread of the ucast_recv_sock
ucast_receiver = new UcastReceiver();
ucast_receiver.start();
if (Trace.trace) {
Trace.info("UDP.startThreads()", "created unicast receiver thread");
}
}
if (ip_mcast) {
if (mcast_receiver != null) {
if (mcast_receiver.isAlive()) {
if (Trace.trace) {
Trace.info(
"UDP.createThreads()",
"did not create new multicastreceiver thread as existing "
+ "multicast receiver thread is still running");
}
} else {
mcast_receiver = null; // will be created just below...
}
}
if (mcast_receiver == null) {
mcast_receiver = new Thread(this, "UDP mcast receiver");
mcast_receiver.setPriority(Thread.MAX_PRIORITY); // needed ????
mcast_receiver.setDaemon(true);
mcast_receiver.start();
}
}
if (use_outgoing_packet_handler) {
outgoing_packet_handler.start();
}
if (use_incoming_packet_handler) {
incoming_packet_handler.start();
}
}