[SNMP4J] Threading structure in TestAgent/BaseAgent

[Frank Fock]

Hi Pradip,

Session.listen() does not block.
The rest of you assumptions do not match
with SNMP4J either and I am a bit confused
about them. Please read RFC 3410 to 3418
to get a better understanding of the
SNMP architecture.

Best regards,
Frank

pradip de wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to understand the threading structure of TestAgent.java for my
> own implementation of an SNMP agent. My question is basically regarding the
> busy wait that is there with a periodic Thread.sleep(). Why doesnt the
> BaseAgent have a while(true) loop around the session.listen() ( which I
> believe is a blocking function on incoming requests ) instead of the busy
> wait in TestAgent? Or am I missing something here? There must be a listening
> mechanims in a loop somewhere that allows the agent to respond to multiple
> SNMP requests.
> As an associated question, I am trying to have my TestAgent implement a
> listener to a messagequeue to send traps out. However, it maybe getting
> blocked by the busy wait in the main thread.
> I would really appreciate if someone could clarify these points for me and
> give me suggestions on how to make the agent also be a subscriber to some
> published queueing mechanism to pick up messages for sending traps out.
> 
> thanks,
> Pradip
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