package JavaAgent.agent;

import JavaAgent.resource.KQMLmessage;

/**
 * Thread which pulls messages off the outgoing buffer and passes them
 * to the CommInterface for actual transmission.<p>
 * 
 * <hr>
 * Copyright (c) 1995, H. Robert Frost, Stanford University.
 * All rights reserved.<p>
 * Copyright (c) 1996, H. Robert Frost, Enterprise Integration Technologies,
 * Inc. All rights reserved.<p>
 *
 * RESTRICTED RIGHTS LEGEND: Use, duplication or disclosure by the 
 * Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in 
 * subparagraph(c)(1)(ii) of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer
 * Software clause at DFARS 252.227-7013 and in similar clauses in the
 * FAR and NASA FAR supplement.<p>
 * 
 * This software is bound by the terms and conditions listed in the
 * attached <a href="../LICENSE">LICENSE file</A>.
 * <hr>
 * @author <A HREF="http://cdr.stanford.edu/html/people/frost-bio.html"> Rob Frost</A>
 * @version 0.3 5/21/96 for Java(tm) Language Version 1.0.2
 */

class TransmitterThread extends Thread{

  protected MessageHandler parent;


  /**
   * Creates a new TransmitterThread.
   * @param parent MessageHandler which created this thread.
   */

  public TransmitterThread(MessageHandler parent){
    super("Transmitter Thread");
    this.parent = parent;
  }

  /**
   * Sends the first message in the buffer.
   */

  public void run(){
    while(true){
      KQMLmessage msg = parent.outgoing.get();
      parent.sendToComm(msg);
    }
  }
}
