// Test method
public LinkedList<Integer> getLiveAuctionsIds() throws RemoteException {
LinkedList<Integer> ll = new LinkedList<Integer>();
for (AuctionItem t : liveAuctionItems.values()) {
ll.add(t.getAuctionId());
}
return ll;
}
@Override
// Event though the data structure for live auctions is concurrent the method still needs to be
// synchronized because the creation
// of auction items concurrently produces auction items with the same id.
public synchronized boolean registerAuctionItem(
String name, double min_item_value, Date closing_date, int client) throws RemoteException {
AuctionItem item = new AuctionItem(name, min_item_value, closing_date, client, this);
liveAuctionItems.put(item.getAuctionId(), item);
Thread t = new Thread(item);
t.start();
return true;
}
@Override
public boolean moveToExpiredAuctions(int auctionId) {
if (!liveAuctionItems.containsKey(auctionId)) {
System.out.println("This auction does not exist\n");
return false;
}
AuctionItem temp;
if ((temp = liveAuctionItems.remove(auctionId)) != null) {
System.out.println("Auction successfully removed from list with live auctions\n");
// Change the auction id to correspond to the index
expiredAuctions.put(temp.getAuctionId(), temp);
Thread t = new Thread(temp);
t.start();
return true;
}
return false;
}
