org.mortbay.cometd.ext
Class TimesyncExtension

java.lang.Object
  org.mortbay.cometd.ext.TimesyncExtension

All Implemented Interfaces:

org.cometd.Extension

public class TimesyncExtension
extends Object
implements org.cometd.Extension

Timesync extension (server side). With each handshake or connect, the extension sends timestamps within the ext field like: {ext:{timesync:{tc:12345567890,l:23,o:4567},...},...} where:

• tc is the client timestamp in ms since 1970 of when the message was sent.
• l is the network lag that the client has calculated.
• o is the clock offset that the client has calculated.

A cometd server that supports timesync, can respond with an ext field like: {ext:{timesync:{tc:12345567890,ts:1234567900,p:123,a:3},...},...} where:

• tc is the client timestamp of when the message was sent,
• ts is the server timestamp of when the message was received
• p is the poll duration in ms - ie the time the server took before sending the response.
• a is the measured accuracy of the calculated offset and lag sent by the client

The relationship between tc, ts, o & l on the server is given by ts=tc+o+l (the time the server received the message is the client time plus the offset plus the network lag). Thus the accuracy of the o and l settings can be determined with a=tc+o+l-ts.

When the client has received the response, it can make a more accurate estimate of the lag as l2=(now-tc-p)/2 (assuming symmetric lag). A new offset can then be calculated with the relationship on the client that ts=tc+o2+l2, thus o2=ts-tc-l2.

Since the client also receives the a value calculated on the server, it should be possible to analyse this and compensate for some asymmetry in the lag. But the current client does not do this.

Constructor Summary

TimesyncExtension()

Method Summary

int	getAccuracyTarget() timesync responses are not set if the measured accuracy is less than the accuracyTarget.
org.cometd.Message	rcv(org.cometd.Client from, org.cometd.Message message)
org.cometd.Message	rcvMeta(org.cometd.Client from, org.cometd.Message message)
org.cometd.Message	send(org.cometd.Client from, org.cometd.Message message)
org.cometd.Message	sendMeta(org.cometd.Client from, org.cometd.Message message)
void	setAccuracyTarget(int target) timesync responses are not set if the measured accuracy is less than the accuracyTarget.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TimesyncExtension

public TimesyncExtension()

Method Detail

getAccuracyTarget

public int getAccuracyTarget()

timesync responses are not set if the measured accuracy is less than the accuracyTarget.

Returns:

accuracy target in ms (default 25ms)

setAccuracyTarget

public void setAccuracyTarget(int target)

timesync responses are not set if the measured accuracy is less than the accuracyTarget.

Parameters:

target - accuracy target in ms

rcv

public org.cometd.Message rcv(org.cometd.Client from,
                              org.cometd.Message message)

Specified by:

rcv in interface org.cometd.Extension

rcvMeta

public org.cometd.Message rcvMeta(org.cometd.Client from,
                                  org.cometd.Message message)

Specified by:

rcvMeta in interface org.cometd.Extension

send

public org.cometd.Message send(org.cometd.Client from,
                               org.cometd.Message message)

Specified by:

send in interface org.cometd.Extension

sendMeta

public org.cometd.Message sendMeta(org.cometd.Client from,
                                   org.cometd.Message message)

Specified by:

sendMeta in interface org.cometd.Extension