private void sendEvent(long startOffset, long timeout, boolean expect) throws Exception { structuredEvent_.header.variable_header = new Property[2]; Date _time = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() + startOffset); Any _startTimeAny = getClientORB().create_any(); UtcTHelper.insert(_startTimeAny, Time.corbaTime(_time)); structuredEvent_.header.variable_header[0] = new Property(StartTime.value, _startTimeAny); Any _timeoutAny = getClientORB().create_any(); TimeTHelper.insert(_timeoutAny, timeout); structuredEvent_.header.variable_header[1] = new Property(Timeout.value, _timeoutAny); StructuredPushSender _sender = new StructuredPushSender(getClientORB()); _sender.setStructuredEvent(structuredEvent_); StructuredPushReceiver _receiver = new StructuredPushReceiver(getClientORB()); _sender.connect(eventChannel_, false); _receiver.connect(eventChannel_, false); new Thread(_receiver).start(); new Thread(_sender).start(); Thread.sleep(startOffset + 2000); if (expect) { assertTrue("Receiver should have received something", _receiver.isEventHandled()); } else { assertTrue("Receiver shouldn't have received anything", !_receiver.isEventHandled()); } _receiver.shutdown(); _sender.shutdown(); }