/**
* Sends the given message to the peer. Due to the asynchronousness of network programming, there
* is no guarantee the peer will have received it. Throws NotYetConnectedException if we are not
* yet connected to the remote peer. TODO: Maybe use something other than the unchecked
* NotYetConnectedException here
*/
public void sendMessage(Message message) throws NotYetConnectedException {
lock.lock();
try {
if (writeTarget == null) throw new NotYetConnectedException();
} finally {
lock.unlock();
}
// TODO: Some round-tripping could be avoided here
ByteArrayOutputStream out = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
try {
serializer.serialize(message, out);
writeTarget.writeBytes(out.toByteArray());
} catch (IOException e) {
exceptionCaught(e);
}
}
