Re: single instance

From:
Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:50:37 -0800
Message-ID:
<kdd8mt$pjs$1@dont-email.me>
On 1/18/2013 1:47 AM, Roedy Green wrote:

I have been working on polishing Knute's code. Mostly I have been
adding informal comments and renaming to help myself understand how it
works.

I have not run it yet, but it is getting close to a test.

see
https://wush.net/svn/mindprod/com/mindprod/singleinstance/SingleInstance.java

I have added UUIDs to break the tie for equal start times.
I have added app ids so different apps can share the same port.

I have added the ability avoid several different apps.
I have added the ability to permit two apps to run, so long as they
run on different files.


Below is what I ended up with. I'm curious about the UUID. How do you
create a time based UUID? And does it have less granularity that
currentTimeMillis?

package com.knutejohnson.classes;

import java.awt.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.lang.reflect.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.nio.charset.*;
import java.util.*;
import javax.swing.*;

public class Exclusive implements Runnable {
     private static final int port = 35798;
     private static final String addr = "228.237.246.255";

     private final long myTime;
     private final String name;
     private final InetAddress group;
     private final MulticastSocket socket;
     private final String token;

     private volatile boolean runFlag;
     private volatile Thread thread;

     public Exclusive(String name) throws IOException {
         myTime = System.currentTimeMillis();

         this.name = name;
         if (name.indexOf(",") >= 0)
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(
              "Comma character not allowed in name");

         group = InetAddress.getByName(addr);
         socket = new MulticastSocket(port);
         socket.joinGroup(group);

         token = String.format("%s,%d",name,myTime);
     }

     public void start() throws IOException {
         if (thread == null || !thread.isAlive()) {
             runFlag = true;
             thread = new Thread(this);
             thread.start();

             sendToken();
         }
     }

     public void sendToken() throws IOException {
         byte[] buf = token.getBytes(StandardCharsets.US_ASCII);
         DatagramPacket dp = new DatagramPacket(buf,buf.length,group,port);
         socket.send(dp);
     }

     @Override public void run() {
         while (runFlag) {
             try {
                 // receive their time
                 byte[] buf = new byte[64];
                 DatagramPacket dp = new DatagramPacket(buf,buf.length);
                 socket.receive(dp);
                 String recStr = new String(dp.getData(),dp.getOffset(),
                  dp.getLength(),StandardCharsets.US_ASCII);
                 String[] arr = recStr.split(",");
                 // if names don't match there is nothing to do
                 if (!name.equals(arr[0]))
                     continue;
                 long theirTime = Long.parseLong(arr[1]);
                 // if we are seeing our own packet, do nothing
                 if (theirTime == myTime) {
                 // if their time is before my time, we need to shut down
                 } else if (theirTime < myTime) {
                     stop();
                     // can't use invokeLater()
                     try {
                         EventQueue.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
                             public void run() {
                                 JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
                               "Another Copy of this Program is Already
Running",
                                  "Start
Inhibited",JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
                             }
                         });
                     } catch (InterruptedException|
                      InvocationTargetException ex) {
                         ex.printStackTrace();
                     }
                     shutdown();
                 // if their time is after my time, send out my time
                 } else if (theirTime > myTime) {
                     sendToken();
                 }
             } catch (IOException|NumberFormatException ex) {
                 ex.printStackTrace();
                 stop();
             }
         }
     }

     private void stop() {
         if (thread != null && thread.isAlive()) {
             runFlag = false;
             if (socket != null)
                 socket.close();
         }

         // signal the waitFor() method to stop waiting
         synchronized (this) {
             notify();
         }
     }

     // wait for up to two seconds to see if any other copy responds
     // returns true if no other copy is running.
     public synchronized boolean waitFor() throws InterruptedException {
         wait(2000);

         return runFlag;
     }

     public void shutdown() {
         System.exit(0);
     }

     public static void main(String[] args) {
         try {
             Exclusive e = new Exclusive("Test");
             e.start();
             if (e.waitFor())
                 System.out.println("no other copy running!");
             else
                 System.out.println("another copy is running");
         } catch (IOException|InterruptedException ex) {
             // probably don't want to start if you get an exception either
             ex.printStackTrace();
         }
     }
}

--

Knute Johnson

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