diff -r f2293e8566f5 -r c404a87db5b7 src/org/sonews/daemon/ConnectionWorker.java
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+++ b/src/org/sonews/daemon/ConnectionWorker.java	Sun Aug 29 17:43:58 2010 +0200
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+/*
+ *   SONEWS News Server
+ *   see AUTHORS for the list of contributors
+ *
+ *   This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *   the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+ *   (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *   GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+
+package org.sonews.daemon;
+
+import org.sonews.util.Log;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.nio.channels.SocketChannel;
+import java.util.concurrent.ArrayBlockingQueue;
+
+/**
+ * Does most of the work: parsing input, talking to client and Database.
+ * @author Christian Lins
+ * @since sonews/0.5.0
+ */
+class ConnectionWorker extends AbstractDaemon
+{
+
+  // 256 pending events should be enough
+  private static ArrayBlockingQueue<SocketChannel> pendingChannels
+    = new ArrayBlockingQueue<SocketChannel>(256, true);
+  
+  /**
+   * Registers the given channel for further event processing.
+   * @param channel
+   */
+  public static void addChannel(SocketChannel channel)
+    throws InterruptedException
+  {
+    pendingChannels.put(channel);
+  }
+  
+  /**
+   * Processing loop.
+   */
+  @Override
+  public void run()
+  {
+    while(isRunning())
+    {
+      try
+      {
+        // Retrieve and remove if available, otherwise wait.
+        SocketChannel channel = pendingChannels.take();
+
+        if(channel != null)
+        {
+          // Connections.getInstance().get() MAY return null
+          NNTPConnection conn = Connections.getInstance().get(channel);
+          
+          // Try to lock the connection object
+          if(conn != null && conn.tryReadLock())
+          {
+            ByteBuffer buf = conn.getBuffers().nextInputLine();
+            while(buf != null) // Complete line was received
+            {
+              final byte[] line = new byte[buf.limit()];
+              buf.get(line);
+              ChannelLineBuffers.recycleBuffer(buf);
+              
+              // Here is the actual work done
+              conn.lineReceived(line);
+
+              // Read next line as we could have already received the next line
+              buf = conn.getBuffers().nextInputLine();
+            }
+            conn.unlockReadLock();
+          }
+          else
+          {
+            addChannel(channel);
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      catch(InterruptedException ex)
+      {
+        Log.get().info("ConnectionWorker interrupted: " + ex);
+      }
+      catch(Exception ex)
+      {
+        Log.get().severe("Exception in ConnectionWorker: " + ex);
+        ex.printStackTrace();
+      }
+    } // end while(isRunning())
+  }
+  
+}