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package net.webstructor.comm;

import java.io.IOException;

import net.webstructor.agent.Body;
import net.webstructor.core.Anything;
import net.webstructor.peer.Session;

public abstract class Communicator extends Thread
{
	protected Body body;
	
	private boolean bAlive;
	
	public Communicator(Body body){
		this.body = body;
		bAlive = true;
	}

	public abstract void output(Session session, String message) throws IOException;

	public void terminate() {
		bAlive = false;
	}	

	public boolean alive() {
		return bAlive;
	}	
	
	/** If the communicator is inpersonating the entire application. */
	public boolean app() {
		return false;
	}	
	
	public void login(Session session, Anything peer) {
		//pass by default
	}
}
