Removed thread from packet writer (SMACK-123).

git-svn-id: http://svn.igniterealtime.org/svn/repos/smack/trunk@3412 b35dd754-fafc-0310-a699-88a17e54d16e

source/org/jivesoftware/smack/PacketWriter.java

@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ import org.jivesoftware.smack.filter.PacketFilter;
 import org.jivesoftware.smack.packet.Packet;
 
 /**
- * Writes packets to a XMPP server.
+ * Writes packets to a XMPP server. Packets are sent using a dedicated thread. Packet
+ * interceptors can be registered to dynamically modify packets before they're actually
+ * sent. Packet listeners can be registered to listen for all outgoing packets.
  *
  * @author Matt Tucker
  */
@@ -41,8 +43,7 @@ class PacketWriter {
     
     private List listeners = new ArrayList();
     private boolean listenersDeleted = false;
-    private Thread listenerThread;
+
-    private LinkedList sentPackets = new LinkedList();
     /**
      * List of PacketInterceptor that will be notified when a new packet is about to be
      * sent to the server. These interceptors may modify the packet before it is being
@@ -72,14 +73,6 @@ class PacketWriter {
         writerThread.setName("Smack Packet Writer");
         writerThread.setDaemon(true);
 
-        listenerThread = new Thread() {
-            public void run() {
-                processListeners();
-            }
-        };
-        listenerThread.setName("Smack Writer Listener Processor");
-        listenerThread.setDaemon(true);
-
         // Schedule a keep-alive task to run if the feature is enabled. will write
         // out a space character each time it runs to keep the TCP/IP connection open.
         int keepAliveInterval = SmackConfiguration.getKeepAliveInterval();
@@ -105,19 +98,20 @@ class PacketWriter {
                 queue.addFirst(packet);
                 queue.notifyAll();
             }
-            // Add the sent packet to the list of sent packets. The
+
-            // PacketWriterListeners will be notified of the new packet.
+            // Process packet writer listeners. Note that we're using the sending
-            synchronized(sentPackets) {
+            // thread so it's expected that listeners are fast.
-                sentPackets.addFirst(packet);
+            processListeners(packet);
-                sentPackets.notifyAll();
-            }
         }
     }
 
     /**
      * Registers a packet listener with this writer. The listener will be
-     * notified of every packet that this writer sends. A packet filter determines
+     * notified immediately after every packet this writer sends. A packet filter
-     * which packets will be delivered to the listener.
+     * determines which packets will be delivered to the listener. Note that the thread
+     * that writes packets will be used to invoke the listeners. Therefore, each
+     * packet listener should complete all operations quickly or use a different
+     * thread for processing.
      *
      * @param packetListener the packet listener to notify of sent packets.
      * @param packetFilter the packet filter to use.
@@ -199,7 +193,6 @@ class PacketWriter {
      */
     public void startup() {
         writerThread.start();
-        listenerThread.start();
     }
 
     void setWriter(Writer writer) {
@@ -274,25 +267,7 @@ class PacketWriter {
     /**
      * Process listeners.
      */
-    private void processListeners() {
+    private void processListeners(Packet packet) {
-        while (!done) {
-            Packet sentPacket;
-            // Wait until a new packet has been sent
-            synchronized (sentPackets) {
-                while (!done && sentPackets.size() == 0) {
-                    try {
-                        sentPackets.wait(2000);
-                    }
-                    catch (InterruptedException ie) { }
-                }
-                if (sentPackets.size() > 0) {
-                    sentPacket = (Packet)sentPackets.removeLast();
-                }
-                else {
-                    sentPacket = null;
-                }
-            }
-            if (sentPacket != null) {
         // Clean up null entries in the listeners list if the flag is set. List
         // removes are done seperately so that the main notification process doesn't
         // need to synchronize on the list.
@@ -311,9 +286,7 @@ class PacketWriter {
         for (int i=0; i<size; i++) {
             ListenerWrapper listenerWrapper = (ListenerWrapper)listeners.get(i);
             if (listenerWrapper != null) {
-                        listenerWrapper.notifyListener(sentPacket);
+                listenerWrapper.notifyListener(packet);
-                    }
-                }
             }
         }
     }

source/org/jivesoftware/smack/XMPPConnection.java

@@ -730,7 +730,10 @@ public class XMPPConnection {
     /**
      * Registers a packet listener with this connection. The listener will be
      * notified of every packet that this connection sends. A packet filter determines
-     * which packets will be delivered to the listener.
+     * which packets will be delivered to the listener. Note that the thread
+     * that writes packets will be used to invoke the listeners. Therefore, each
+     * packet listener should complete all operations quickly or use a different
+     * thread for processing.
      *
      * @param packetListener the packet listener to notify of sent packets.
      * @param packetFilter the packet filter to use.