org.opennms.netmgt.icmp
Interface Pinger

All Known Implementing Classes:

JnaPinger, Jni6Pinger, JniPinger

public interface Pinger

Pinger class.

Author:

Ben Reed, Mathew Brozowski

Method Summary

boolean	isV4Available() Whether or not IPv4 is initialized and available for this implementation.
boolean	isV6Available() Whether or not IPv6 is initialized and available for this implementation.
List<Number>	parallelPing(InetAddress host, int count, long timeout, long pingInterval) Ping a remote host, sending 1 or more packets at the given interval, and then return the response times as a list.
Number	ping(InetAddress host) Ping a remote host, using the default number of retries and timeouts.
Number	ping(InetAddress host, long timeout, int retries) This method is used to ping a remote host to test for ICMP support.
void	ping(InetAddress host, long timeout, int retries, int sequenceId, PingResponseCallback cb) This method is used to ping a remote host to test for ICMP support.

Method Detail

ping

void ping(InetAddress host,
          long timeout,
          int retries,
          int sequenceId,
          PingResponseCallback cb)
          throws Exception

This method is used to ping a remote host to test for ICMP support. Calls the callback method upon success or error.

Parameters:

host - The InetAddress address to poll.

timeout - The time to wait between each retry.

retries - The number of times to retry.

sequenceId - an ID representing the ping

cb - the org.opennms.netmgt.ping.PingResponseCallback callback to call upon success or error

Throws:

Exception

ping

Number ping(InetAddress host,
            long timeout,
            int retries)
            throws Exception

This method is used to ping a remote host to test for ICMP support. If the remote host responds within the specified period, defined by retries and timeouts, then the response time is returned.

Parameters:

host - The InetAddress address to poll.

timeout - The time to wait between each retry.

retries - The number of times to retry.

Returns:

The response time in microseconds if the host is reachable and has responded with an echo reply, otherwise a null value.

Throws:

Exception

ping

Number ping(InetAddress host)
            throws Exception

Ping a remote host, using the default number of retries and timeouts.

Parameters:

host - The InetAddress address to poll.

Returns:

The response time in microseconds if the host is reachable and has responded with an echo reply, otherwise a null value.

Throws:

IOException - if any.

InterruptedException - if any.

Exception - if any.

parallelPing

List<Number> parallelPing(InetAddress host,
                          int count,
                          long timeout,
                          long pingInterval)
                          throws Exception

Ping a remote host, sending 1 or more packets at the given interval, and then return the response times as a list.

Parameters:

host - The InetAddress address to poll.

count - The number of packets to send.

timeout - The time to wait between each retry.

pingInterval - The interval at which packets will be sent.

Returns:

a List of response times in microseconds. If, for a given ping request, the host is reachable and has responded with an echo reply, it will contain a number, otherwise a null value.

Throws:

Exception

isV4Available

boolean isV4Available()

Whether or not IPv4 is initialized and available for this implementation.

isV6Available

boolean isV6Available()

Whether or not IPv6 is initialized and available for this implementation.

Returns: