NetworkClient.java

/**
 * Copyright (C) 2013-2014 Project-Vethrfolnir
 *
 * 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 com.vethrfolnir.network;

import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufAllocator;
import io.netty.channel.Channel;

/**
 * @author Vlad
 *
 */
public abstract class NetworkClient {

	private final Channel channel;

	public NetworkClient(Channel channel) {
		this.channel = channel;
	}

	/**
	 * @return the channel
	 */
	public Channel channel() {
		return channel;
	}
	
	public ByteBufAllocator alloc() {
		return channel().alloc();
	}

	public abstract void sendPacket(WritePacket packet, Object... params);
	
	public void writeAndFlush(Object obj) {
		channel().writeAndFlush(obj);
	}
	
	public void close() {
		channel().close();
	}
}