/// <summary> Return a number of ProtocolConfigurations in a vector</summary>
/// <param name="configuration">protocol-stack configuration string
/// </param>
/// <returns> Vector of ProtocolConfigurations
/// </returns>
public virtual System.Collections.ArrayList parseConfigurations(string configuration)
{
System.Collections.ArrayList retval = System.Collections.ArrayList.Synchronized(new System.Collections.ArrayList(10));
System.Collections.ArrayList component_strings = parseComponentStrings(configuration, ":");
string component_string;
ProtocolConfiguration protocol_config;
if (component_strings == null)
{
return(null);
}
for (int i = 0; i < component_strings.Count; i++)
{
component_string = ((string)component_strings[i]);
protocol_config = new ProtocolConfiguration(this, component_string);
retval.Add(protocol_config);
}
return(retval);
}
/// <summary> Creates a new protocol given the protocol specification. Initializes the properties and starts the
/// up and down handler threads.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="prot_spec">The specification of the protocol. Same convention as for specifying a protocol stack.
/// An exception will be thrown if the class cannot be created. Example:
/// <pre>"VERIFY_SUSPECT(timeout=1500)"</pre> Note that no colons (:) have to be
/// specified
/// </param>
/// <param name="stack">The protocol stack
/// </param>
/// <returns> Protocol The newly created protocol
/// </returns>
/// <exception cref=""> Exception Will be thrown when the new protocol cannot be created
/// </exception>
public virtual Protocol createProtocol(string prot_spec, ProtocolStack stack)
{
ProtocolConfiguration config;
Protocol prot;
if (prot_spec == null)
{
throw new System.Exception("Configurator.createProtocol(): prot_spec is null");
}
// parse the configuration for this protocol
config = new ProtocolConfiguration(this, prot_spec);
// create an instance of the protocol class and configure it
prot = config.createLayer(stack);
// start the handler threads (unless down_thread or up_thread are set to false)
prot.startDownHandler();
prot.startUpHandler();
return(prot);
}
