Send a message, to be relayed to all chatters @param chatMessage @throws RemoteException

Send a message to all users @param newMessage

Populate current user panel with a selectable list of currently connected users @param currClients

Update all clients by remotely invoking their updateUserList RMI method

Make the connection to the chat server @param userName @throws RemoteException

Method to build the panel with input field @return inputPanel

Method to set up the JPanel to display the chat text @return

generate a String array of current users @return

Method to build the panel displaying currently connected users with a call to the button panel building method @return

Make the buttons and add the listener @return

register the clients interface and store it in a reference for future messages to be sent to, ie other members messages of the chat session. send a te

pass our username, hostname and RMI service name to the server to register out interest in joining the chat @param details

Send a message, to be relayed, only to selected chatters @param chatMessage @throws RemoteException

Register our own listening service/interface lookup the server RMI interface, then send our details @throws RemoteException

Start the RMI Registry

class constructor, note may also use an overloaded constructor with a port no passed in argument to super @throws RemoteException

GUI Constructor

Action handling on the buttons

remove a client from the list, notify everyone

Main method to start client GUI app. @param args

LOCAL METHODS

Receive a string from the chat server this is the clients RMI method, which will be used by the server to send messages to us

Receive a new client remote reference

Receive a new client and display details to the console send on to register method

Return a message to client

A method to send a private message to selected clients The integer array holds the indexes (from the chatters vector) of the clients to send the messa

Send a string ( the latest post, mostly ) to all connected clients

A method to update the display of users currently connected to the server