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+//
+// $Id$
+//
+// Narya library - tools for developing networked games
+// Copyright (C) 2002-2006 Three Rings Design, Inc., All Rights Reserved
+// http://www.threerings.net/code/narya/
+//
+// This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+// under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
+// by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+// Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+// License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+// Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+
+package com.threerings.util;
+
+import java.awt.AWTEvent;
+import java.awt.Toolkit;
+import java.awt.event.AWTEventListener;
+
+import com.samskivert.util.Interval;
+import com.samskivert.util.RunQueue;
+
+/**
+ * Used to track user idleness in an AWT application.
+ */
+public abstract class IdleTracker
+{
+    /**
+     * Creates an idle tracker that will report idleness (via {@link
+     * #idledOut}) after <code>toIdleTime</code> milliseconds have elapsed.
+     * After an additional <code>toAbandonTime</code> milliseconds have
+     * elapsed, we will report that the user has {@link #abandonedShip}.
+     */
+    public IdleTracker (long toIdleTime, long toAbandonTime)
+    {
+        _toIdleTime = toIdleTime;
+        _toAbandonTime = toAbandonTime;
+
+        // initialize our last event time
+        _lastEvent = getTimeStamp();
+    }
+
+    public void start (KeyboardManager keymgr, RunQueue rqueue)
+    {
+        // we want to observe all mouse and keyboard events
+        long eventMask =
+            AWTEvent.MOUSE_EVENT_MASK |
+            AWTEvent.MOUSE_MOTION_EVENT_MASK |
+            AWTEvent.MOUSE_WHEEL_EVENT_MASK |
+            AWTEvent.KEY_EVENT_MASK;
+
+        // add the global event listener
+        Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().addAWTEventListener(new AWTEventListener() {
+            public void eventDispatched (AWTEvent event) {
+                handleUserActivity();
+            }
+        }, eventMask);
+
+        // and tie into the keyboard manager as well
+        keymgr.registerKeyObserver(new KeyboardManager.KeyObserver() {
+            public void handleKeyEvent (int id, int keyCode, long timestamp) {
+                handleUserActivity();
+            }
+        });
+
+        // register an interval to periodically check our last activity time
+        new Interval(rqueue) {
+            public void expired () {
+                checkIdle();
+            }
+        }.schedule(IDLE_INTERVAL, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Called when the client has been idle for {@link #_toIdleTime}
+     * milliseconds.
+     */
+    protected abstract void idledOut ();
+
+    /**
+     * Called when the client becomes non-idle after we have previously
+     * reported their idleness.
+     */
+    protected abstract void idledIn ();
+
+    /**
+     * Called when the client has been idle for {@link #_toIdleTime} plus
+     * {@link #_toAbandonTime} milliseconds.
+     */
+    protected abstract void abandonedShip ();
+
+    /**
+     * This should return a timestamp. We would use {@link
+     * System#getCurrentTimeMillis} except that on Windows that sometimes does
+     * strange things like leap forward in time causing immediate idleness.
+     */
+    protected abstract long getTimeStamp ();
+
+    /**
+     * Called with any keyboard or mouse events performed on the frame so
+     * as to note user activity as it pertains to tracking the client idle
+     * state.
+     */
+    protected void handleUserActivity ()
+    {
+        // note the time of the last user action
+        _lastEvent = getTimeStamp();
+
+        // idle-in if appropriate
+        if (_state != State.ACTIVE) {
+            _state = State.ACTIVE;
+            idledIn();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Checks the last user event time and posts a command to idle them
+     * out if they've been inactive for too long, or log them out if
+     * they've been idle for too long.
+     */
+    protected void checkIdle ()
+    {
+        long now = getTimeStamp();
+
+        switch (_state) {
+        case ACTIVE:
+            // check whether they've idled out
+            if (now >= (_lastEvent + _toIdleTime)) {
+                Log.info("User idle for " + (now-_lastEvent) + "ms.");
+                _state = State.IDLE;
+                idledOut();
+            }
+            break;
+
+        case IDLE:
+            // check whether they've been idle for too long
+            if (now >= (_lastEvent + _toIdleTime + _toAbandonTime)) {
+                Log.info("User idle for " + (now-_lastEvent) + "ms. " +
+                         "Abandoning ship.");
+                _state = State.ABANDONED;
+                abandonedShip();
+            }
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /** The user's current state. */
+    protected static enum State { ACTIVE, IDLE, ABANDONED };
+
+    /** The duration after which we declare the user to be idle. */
+    protected long _toIdleTime;
+
+    /** The duration after which we declare the user to have abandoned ship. */
+    protected long _toAbandonTime;
+
+    /** The time of the last mouse or keyboard event; used to track
+     * whether the user is idle. */
+    protected long _lastEvent;
+
+    /** Whether the user is currently active, idle or abandoned. */
+    protected State _state;
+
+    /** The delay in milliseconds between checks for user idle. */
+    protected static final long IDLE_INTERVAL = 60L * 1000L;
+}