SinkTime.java

/*
 * Copyright 2006 - 2013
 *     Stefan Balev     <stefan.balev@graphstream-project.org>
 *     Julien Baudry    <julien.baudry@graphstream-project.org>
 *     Antoine Dutot    <antoine.dutot@graphstream-project.org>
 *     Yoann Pign��      <yoann.pigne@graphstream-project.org>
 *     Guilhelm Savin   <guilhelm.savin@graphstream-project.org>
 * 
 * This file is part of GraphStream <http://graphstream-project.org>.
 * 
 * GraphStream is a library whose purpose is to handle static or dynamic
 * graph, create them from scratch, file or any source and display them.
 * 
 * This program is free software distributed under the terms of two licenses, the
 * CeCILL-C license that fits European law, and the GNU Lesser General Public
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package org.graphstream.stream.sync;

import java.security.AccessControlException;
import java.util.HashMap;

public class SinkTime {
	/**
	 * Key used to disable synchro. Just run : java -DSYNC_DISABLE_KEY ...
	 */
	public static final String SYNC_DISABLE_KEY = "org.graphstream.stream.sync.disable";
	/**
	 * Flag used to disable sync.
	 */
	protected static final boolean disableSync;

	/*
	 * The following code is used to prevent AccessControlException to be thrown
	 * when trying to get the value of the property (in applets for example).
	 */
	static {
		boolean off;

		try {
			off = System.getProperty(SYNC_DISABLE_KEY) != null;
		} catch (AccessControlException ex) {
			off = false;
		}

		disableSync = off;
	}

	/**
	 * Map storing times of sources.
	 */
	protected HashMap<String, Long> times = new HashMap<String, Long>();

	/**
	 * Update timeId for a source.
	 * 
	 * @param sourceId
	 * @param timeId
	 * @return true if time has been updated
	 */
	protected boolean setTimeFor(String sourceId, long timeId) {
		Long knownTimeId = times.get(sourceId);

		if (knownTimeId == null) {
			times.put(sourceId, timeId);
			return true;
		} else if (timeId > knownTimeId) {
			times.put(sourceId, timeId);
			return true;
		}

		return false;
	}

	/**
	 * Allow to know if event is new for this source. This updates the timeId
	 * mapped to the source.
	 * 
	 * @param sourceId
	 * @param timeId
	 * @return true if event is new for the source
	 */
	public boolean isNewEvent(String sourceId, long timeId) {
		return disableSync || setTimeFor(sourceId, timeId);
	}
}