net.minecraftforge.fml.common.network

Class FMLEmbeddedChannel

java.lang.Object

EmbeddedChannel

net.minecraftforge.fml.common.network.FMLEmbeddedChannel

public class FMLEmbeddedChannel
extends EmbeddedChannel

Utility wrapper around EmbeddedChannel. Provides some convenience methods associated with the specific needs of FML network handling.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
FMLEmbeddedChannel(ModContainer container, java.lang.String channelName, Side source, ChannelHandler... handlers)
FMLEmbeddedChannel(java.lang.String channelName, Side source, ChannelHandler... handlers)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	findChannelHandlerNameForType(java.lang.Class<? extends ChannelHandler> type)
Packet<?>	generatePacketFrom(java.lang.Object object) Utility method to generate a regular packet from a custom packet.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

FMLEmbeddedChannel

public FMLEmbeddedChannel(java.lang.String channelName,
                          Side source,
                          ChannelHandler... handlers)

FMLEmbeddedChannel

public FMLEmbeddedChannel(ModContainer container,
                          java.lang.String channelName,
                          Side source,
                          ChannelHandler... handlers)

Method Detail

generatePacketFrom

public Packet<?> generatePacketFrom(java.lang.Object object)

Utility method to generate a regular packet from a custom packet. Basically, it writes the packet through the outbound side which should have a message to message codec present (such as FMLIndexedMessageToMessageCodec, transforming from mod packets to standard FMLProxyPackets. This is mostly useful in cases where vanilla expects a packet, such as the TileEntity getDescriptionPacket.

Parameters:

object - The inbound packet

Returns:

A Packet suitable for passing to vanilla network code.

findChannelHandlerNameForType

public java.lang.String findChannelHandlerNameForType(java.lang.Class<? extends ChannelHandler> type)