/**
* Registers an object consisting of the set of attributes in <i>object</i>. The registration will
* be retained for <i>forHowLong</i> seconds.
*/
public void register(Attribute[] object, int forHowLong) throws Exception {
StringBuffer allAttributes = new StringBuffer();
String completeObject;
byte[][] messageBytes = {null, null};
for (int i = 0; i < object.length; i++)
allAttributes.append(object[i].name + ":" + object[i].value + "\t");
allAttributes.append("\t");
completeObject = allAttributes.toString();
messageBytes[0] = (new CString(completeObject)).toBytes();
messageBytes[1] = NwsMessage.toBytes(forHowLong);
messagePrelude();
NwsMessage.send(connection, NS_REGISTER, NwsMessage.concatenateBytes(messageBytes));
NwsMessage.receive(connection, this);
messagePostlude();
}
