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Intercepting and modifying specific packets (IPv4/TCP)

I'm trying to intercept packets and be able to block them from incoming/outgoing, for a specific domain
In order to do that i made my (java) program adds the domain to the hosts file with a redirection to my own public ipv4 adress (this doesnt matter it just can't be the real IP and i must be able to intercept it, redirecting to my own IP makes sure nobody else in the world receives it). Secondly, i make the program listen to that signal and resend it on a different source port to the real server. (Checksum changes have been taken care of) Now the plan is to receive the response and do the exact same thing, but now by editting the source ip (my own public IP in this case) and the destination port
This should create a program where i'm a kind of middle men between a connection
But it doesnt work as expected, the moment im getting a response of the server (flags SYN/ACK), it's automatically sending them back a RST flag (IPv4/TCP) from the random chosen port by me which isnt the same as the port of the real client
I don't know if there are better ways to do this (there probably are) and how to prevent the problem I'm having, I couldn't really find similiar things to this on the internet. Any kind of help/hints would be appreciated
Keep in mind that I'm using jnetpscape at this moment and it would be nice to continue at what i'm doing right now
EDIT (code):
this is the "HConnection" class (not fully showed but all essential things):
public class HConnection {
private volatile int state = -1; // current state of the program
private volatile boolean HostFileEdited = false;
private volatile String domain = null;
private volatile boolean waitingConnection = false;
private volatile String ipOfDomain = null; // string of the server adress
private volatile byte[] ipofdomb; //4 bytes of the server adress
private volatile String myIpAdr = null; //my IP adress
private volatile byte[] myIpb; //my public IP in 4 bytes
private volatile byte[] port = null; //port of proxy
private volatile byte[] falseport = null; //port of client
private volatile ServerSocket server;
public HConnection() {
try {
server = new ServerSocket(0);
byte[] tempPortb = ByteBuffer.allocate(4).putInt(server.getLocalPort()).array();
System.out.println(server.getLocalPort());
port = new byte[]{tempPortb[2], tempPortb[3]};
(new Thread() {
public void run() {
try {
server.accept();
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}
}
}).start();
state = 0;
} catch (UnknownHostException e) {System.out.println("fail");} catch (IOException e) {System.out.println("fail");}
}
public String getPublicIP () {
try{
myIpAdr = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(new URL("http://checkip.amazonaws.com/").openStream())).readLine();
System.out.println(myIpAdr);
InetAddress ip = InetAddress.getByName(myIpAdr);
myIpb = ip.getAddress();
return myIpAdr;
}
catch (Exception e){}
return null;
}
public void setUrl(String domain) {
this.domain = domain;
}
public int getState() {
return state;
}
public void prepare() {
try{
URL urlofsite = new URL("https://"+domain);
InetAddress address = InetAddress.getByName(urlofsite.getHost());
ipOfDomain = address.getHostAddress();
System.out.println(ipOfDomain);
ipofdomb = address.getAddress();
addToHostsFile(getPublicIP() + "\t" + domain);
state = 1;
}
catch(Exception e){}
}
public void abort() {
removeFromHostsFile(domain);
HostFileEdited = false;
state = -1;
try {
server.close();
} catch (IOException e) { }
waitingConnection = false;
}
public void awaitConnection() {
if (state == 1) {
waitingConnection = true;
System.out.println("stap1");
StringBuilder errbuf = new StringBuilder(); // For any error msgs
int snaplen = 64 * 1024; // Capture all packets, no truncation
int flags = Pcap.MODE_PROMISCUOUS; // capture all packets
int timeout = 0; // 10 seconds in millis
Pcap pcap = Pcap.openLive("wlp4s0", snaplen, flags, timeout, errbuf);
if (pcap == null) {
System.err.printf("Error while opening device for capture: "
+ errbuf.toString());
return;
}
PcapHeader hdr = new PcapHeader(JMemory.POINTER);
JBuffer buf = new JBuffer(JMemory.POINTER);
int id = JRegistry.mapDLTToId(pcap.datalink());
while (HostFileEdited && waitingConnection && state == 1 && pcap.nextEx(hdr, buf) == Pcap.NEXT_EX_OK) {
PcapPacket packet = new PcapPacket(hdr, buf);
try {
packet.scan(id);
TcpPacket pkt = new TcpPacket(packet);
if (pkt.isTcp()) {
if (pkt.destinationIPequals(myIpAdr) && pkt.getDestinationPort() == 443 && (falseport == null || Arrays.equals(pkt.getSourcePortb(), falseport))) {
if (falseport == null) {
falseport = pkt.getSourcePortb();
}
pkt.changeDestinationIP(ipofdomb);
pkt.changeSourcePort(port);
pkt.iPchecksumFix();
pkt.tcPchecksumFix();
ByteBuffer b = ByteBuffer.wrap(pkt.getPacketInBytes());
System.out.println("10");
System.out.println("OUT"+ (pcap.sendPacket(b)));
}
else if (pkt.sourceIPequals(ipOfDomain) && pkt.getSourcePort() == 443 && falseport != null && Arrays.equals(pkt.getDestinationPortb(),port) ) {
pkt.changeSourceIP(myIpb);
pkt.changeDestinationPort(falseport);
pkt.iPchecksumFix();
pkt.tcPchecksumFix();
ByteBuffer b = ByteBuffer.wrap(pkt.getPacketInBytes());
System.out.println("IN"+ pcap.sendPacket(b));
}
}
}
catch (Exception e) {}
}
System.out.println("stap2");
if (state == 1 && waitingConnection == true) state = 2;
waitingConnection = false;
}
}
}
The "awaitConnection()" method is were currently most things are happening. But this will only be the beginning of my program
HConnection is called from the main class (SWT Designer):
private Button btnNewButton_1;
private HConnection connectie;
private void btnConnect_clicked(SelectionEvent e) throws InterruptedException {
if (btnNewButton_1.getText().equals("Connect")) {
String Url = combo.getText();
connectie = new HConnection();
connectie.setUrl(Url);
connectie.prepare();
lblNewLabel_2.setText("Waiting -> client");
new Thread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
connectie.awaitConnection();
Display.getDefault().asyncExec(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
if (connectie.getState() == 2) {
lblNewLabel_2.setText("Replacing URL");
}
else {
lblNewLabel_2.setText("Failed");
connectie.abort();
btnNewButton_1.setText("Connect");
}
}
});
if (connectie.getState() == 2) {
// go on with the rest of the program
}
}
}).start();
btnNewButton_1.setText("Abort");
}
else if(btnNewButton_1.getText().equals("Abort")) {
connectie.abort();
lblNewLabel_2.setText("Aborted");
btnNewButton_1.setText("Connect");
}
}

The following code accepts a connection, but doesn't maintain a reference to the resulting Socket instance. This Socket is eligible for garbage collection, and when that happens, it is automatically closed. A client sending data to that socket will then receive an RST.
public void run() {
try {
server.accept();
} catch (IOException e) {
System.out.println(e.getMessage());
}
}

java cometD + selenium. Client communication not stable

My scheme: ajax long polling to Tomcat. Tomcat executes selenium "operations".
Im trying to execute selenium scenario from tomcat.
Its working ok but i need to get logs back to js client.
Javascript client partially receives messages from server when selenium working.
Inside some selenium operations im using Thread.sleep(). Maybe mistakes because of this ?
Please tell me why messages partially received (i think) by client
Here is ServerInfoLogger. BaseLogger outputs messages to console and file
public class ServerInfoLogger extends BaseLogger {
public ServerSession clientServerSession;
protected void logToClient(String message) {
super.log(message);
sendMessage(message);
}
// Server.serverSession and Server.clientServerSession not null but messages partially not received by client
private void sendMessage(String message) {
// send message to client
if (Server.serverSession!=null && Server.clientServerSession!=null) {
Server.clientServerSession.deliver(Server.serverSession, "/message", message);
} else {
System.err.println("Server error. Server.serverSession=" + Server.serverSession + " clientServerSession=" + clientServerSession);
}
}
}
Here is selenium scenario
public class Task extends ServerInfoLogger {
public static boolean datesAvailable = false;
private TaskParser parser = new TaskParser();
protected ArrayList<Step> steps = new ArrayList<>();
private WebDriver webDriver;
protected int currentStepIndex = 0;
protected Step currentStep;
private WebDriverFactory webDriverFactory = new WebDriverFactory();
private int currentTryout = 1;
private int maxTryouts = 40;
public Task(ServerSession clientServerSession, String taskData) {
this.clientServerSession = clientServerSession;
logToClient("new task"); // client always receives this message
steps = parser.parse(taskData);
logToClient("steps parsed. total: "+steps.size()); // client always receives this message
start();
}
protected void start() {
createWebDriver();
startStep();
}
protected void startStep() {
currentStep = steps.get(currentStepIndex);
currentStep.setWebDriver(webDriver);
currentStep.clientServerSession = clientServerSession;
boolean stepComplete = false;
try {
stepComplete = currentStep.start();
} catch (StepException e) {
logToClient(e.getMessage()+" step id: "+e.getStepId());
e.printStackTrace();
}
log("step complete = "+stepComplete);
if (stepComplete) {
onStepComplete();
} else {
onStepError();
}
}
private void onStepError() {
currentTryout++;
if (currentTryout > maxTryouts) {
destroyWebDriver();
logToClient("Max tryouts reached"); // client never receives this message
} else {
logToClient("Step not complete. Restarting task. currentTryout=" + currentTryout); // client partially receives this message
restart();
}
}
private void onStepComplete() {
currentStepIndex++;
if (currentStepIndex < steps.size()) {
startStep();
} else {
destroyWebDriver();
taskComplete();
}
}
private void destroyWebDriver() {
webDriver.quit();
webDriver = null;
}
private void taskComplete() {
logToClient("Task complete !!!"); // client **never** receives this message
TaskEvent taskEvent = new TaskEvent(TaskEvent.TASK_COMPLETE);
EventDispatcher.getInstance().dispatchEvent(taskEvent);
}
public void restart() {
logToClient("Task restart");
try {
setTimeout(Application.baseOperationWaitSecondsUntil);
new SwitchToDefaultContentOperation().execute();
} catch(OperationException exception) {
logToClient("Cannot get default content"); // client partially receives this message
}
currentStepIndex = 0;
startStep();
}
private void setTimeout(int seconds) {
webDriver.manage().timeouts().implicitlyWait(seconds, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
}
private void createWebDriver() {
webDriver = webDriverFactory.getDriver(BrowserType.CHROME).getDriver();
}
public int getCurrentStepIndex() {
return currentStepIndex;
}
}
Here is creation of logger
private void createLogger() {
Date currentDate = new Date();
String logFilePostfix = currentDate.getMonth()+"_"+currentDate.getDate()+"-"+currentDate.getHours()+"_"+currentDate.getMinutes()+"_"+currentDate.getSeconds();
logger = Logger.getLogger(appName);
logger.setUseParentHandlers(false);
FileHandler fh;
SimplestFormatter formatter = new SimplestFormatter();
try {
fh = new FileHandler("C:\\consultant\\logs\\log_"+logFilePostfix+".txt");
logger.addHandler(fh);
fh.setFormatter(formatter);
} catch (SecurityException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
Selenium operation with Thread.sleep()
public class SwitchToMainFrameOperation extends BaseOperation {
private WebElement mainIframe;
private WebDriverWait wait;
#Override
public boolean execute() throws OperationException {
switchToRoot();
sleepThread();
log("switchToMainIFrame by xPath "+Page.getMainIframeXPath()); // log to console and file
wait = new WebDriverWait(webDriver, Application.baseOperationWaitSecondsUntil);
try {
mainIframe = wait.until(ExpectedConditions.presenceOfElementLocated(By.xpath(Page.getMainIframeXPath())));
webDriver.switchTo().frame(mainIframe);
log("main frame switch OK"); // log to console and file
} catch(StaleElementReferenceException exception) {
log("main frame switch error. StaleElementReferenceException - trying again"); // log to console and file
wait = null;
sleepThread();
execute();
}
return true;
}
private void switchToRoot() {
log("switch to root");
webDriver.switchTo().defaultContent();
}
private void sleepThread() {
try {
Thread.sleep(500);
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}

AudioRecord not always recording what expected

I am having a problem wit AudioRecord.
I am developing an application that needs to record some an impulse response from the MIC and make some DSP with it.
The audio captured is stored in a WAV file and being plotted afterwards from this file.
I´ve created a class called GrabaAudio which is expected to record a wav file of 3 sec long.
The problem is that I am obtaining ramdonly either wav files of 3 sec and 1,5 sec without a clear reason.
This is what I am supossed to obtain always:
Waveform:
But actually, that result is just obtained sometimes, while most of the time this is what I obtain:
What is really curious about this is that, when I obtain the expected result in the plot, I play the wav file to see what has actually been recorded and I can hear the impulse, but just for 1,5 sec instead of 3. Therefore the samples obtained are half of the expected.
On the other hand, when I obtain the plot with the duplicated impulse, the number of samples is the expected and the wav duration is 3 sec, but I don´t know why the impulse appears twice.
Do you guys know what am I doing wrong?
Here´s the relevant part of the code:
#TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.JELLY_BEAN)
#SuppressLint("NewApi")
public class GrabaAudio {
private static final int RECORDER_BPP = 16;
private static final String AUDIO_RECORDER_FILE_EXT_WAV = ".wav";
private static final String AUDIO_RECORDER_FOLDER = "AudioRecorder";
private static final String AUDIO_RECORDER_TEMP_FILE = "record_temp.raw";
public int RECORDER_SAMPLERATE = 8000;
private static final int RECORDER_CHANNELS = AudioFormat.CHANNEL_IN_MONO;
private static final int RECORDER_AUDIO_ENCODING = AudioFormat.ENCODING_PCM_16BIT;
private AudioRecord recorder = null;
private int bufferSize = 0;
private Thread recordingThread = null;
public boolean isRecording = false;
public boolean triggered=false, processed=false;
int bufferTotal=0, read=0, indice=0, indice2=0;
byte[] circBuffer=new byte[8192*3];//AudioRecord.getMinBufferSize(RECORDER_SAMPLERATE,
//RECORDER_CHANNELS,RECORDER_AUDIO_ENCODING)*3
AutomaticGainControl agc;
File file= new File(getFilename());
CircularArrayList<Byte> circ= new CircularArrayList ((AudioRecord.getMinBufferSize(RECORDER_SAMPLERATE,
RECORDER_CHANNELS,
RECORDER_AUDIO_ENCODING))/2);
int circCapacity=circ.capacity();
Main main;
public GrabaAudio(){
bufferSize = AudioRecord.getMinBufferSize(RECORDER_SAMPLERATE,
RECORDER_CHANNELS,
RECORDER_AUDIO_ENCODING);
if (bufferSize <8192){
bufferSize=8192;
}
//boolean tiene=agc.getEnabled();
}
public void startRecording(){
recorder = new AudioRecord(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.MIC,
RECORDER_SAMPLERATE, RECORDER_CHANNELS,RECORDER_AUDIO_ENCODING, bufferSize*6);
agc = AutomaticGainControl.create(recorder.getAudioSessionId());
final boolean agc2=agc.isAvailable();
int i = recorder.getState();
if(i==1)
recorder.startRecording();
isRecording = true;
recordingThread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
writeAudioDataToFile();
}
},"AudioRecorder Thread");
recordingThread.start();
}
public void writeAudioDataToFile(){
byte data[] = new byte[6*bufferSize];
byte arrayBytes[]= new byte [3*bufferSize];
String filename = getTempFilename();
FileOutputStream os = null;
try {
os = new FileOutputStream(filename);
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
if(null != os){
while(isRecording){
read = recorder.read(data, 0, 6*bufferSize);
//**************************************
arrayBytes=calculateImpulseLevel(data);
if(AudioRecord.ERROR_INVALID_OPERATION != read && indice>=(bufferSize*3-3) ){
try {
os.write(arrayBytes);
processed=true;
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
try {
os.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
private byte[] calculateImpulseLevel(byte[] array){
double[] arraySamples=new double[array.length/2];
for (int i=0,j=0; i<=array.length-2 ;i+=2){
double sampleAmpl=(double)Math.abs((array[i+1] << 8 | array[i] & 0xff)/32767.0);
if (sampleAmpl<0.3 && !triggered){
int s=circ.size();
if (s<circCapacity){
circ.add(array[i]);
circ.add(array[i+1]);
} else {
circ.remove(0);
circ.add(array[i]);
circ.remove(0);
circ.add(array[i+1]);
}
} else{
if(!triggered){
triggered=true;
} indice=indice2+(bufferSize/2);
if (indice>3*bufferSize-2){
i=array.length;
}else{
circBuffer[indice]=array[i];
circBuffer[indice+1]=array[i+1];
indice2+=2;
arraySamples[j]=sampleAmpl;
}
}}
System.arraycopy(toByteArray(circ),0,circBuffer,0,circ.size());
return circBuffer;
}

I have had problems with AudioRecord returning repeated data in a sequence of reads, resolved by changing the size of the AudioRecord buffer so as not to be an exact multiple of the audiodata buffer size e.g., try:
recorder = new AudioRecord(MediaRecorder.AudioSource.MIC,
RECORDER_SAMPLERATE, RECORDER_CHANNELS,RECORDER_AUDIO_ENCODING, bufferSize*9);
Also are you sure that the writes are always able to keep up with the reads? I would insert some log statements to check the timings. You may need to copy the read data in memory and write in another thread.

Thread does not run

I have some places in a excel file, each of the point have a lng and lat coordinate.
Now I try to create a static Map for each point using the google map static map api.
And I have Two component, a parser and a loader.
The Parser is used to read the excel file while the loaded is used to load tiles.
And I make the loader run in a seprate Thread.
public class Parser {
private static Parser instance;
private StaticMapLoader loader;
private Parser(StaticMapLoader loader) {
this.loader = loader;
}
public synchronized static Parser getInstance(StaticMapLoader loader) {
if (instance == null) {
instance = new Parser(loader);
}
return instance;
}
public void parse(String path) {
List<Branch> result = new ArrayList<Branch>();
InputStream inp;
try {
inp = new FileInputStream(path);
Workbook wb = WorkbookFactory.create(inp);
Sheet sheet = wb.getSheetAt(0);
int rows = sheet.getLastRowNum();
for(Row r : sheet.getRows){
loader.addTask(r.type,r.name,r.x,r.y);
}
} catch (InvalidFormatException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
// Branch bc = new Branch("网点1", null, null);
return result;
}
}
Loader:
public class StaticMapLoader extends Thread {
private final static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(StaticMapLoader.class);
private List<Task> tasks = new ArrayList<Task>();
private String tilePath;
private boolean running = false;
public StaticMapLoader(String saveDir) {
this.tilePath = saveDir;
}
#Override
public void run() {
while (running) {
log.debug("run " + tasks.size());
if (tasks.size() > 0) {
Task t = tasks.get(0);
if (t != null && t.status == Status.waiting) {
tasks.remove(0);
t.status = Status.running;
downLoad(t);
}
}
}
}
private void downLoad(Task t) {
log.debug(String.format("load data for " + t.toString()));
//down tiles and save
t.status=Status.success;
}
public void addTask(String type, String name, double x, double y) {
log.debug(String.format("add task of :%s,%s", type, name));
tasks.add(new Task(type,name,x,y));
}
public void startRunning() {
running = true;
this.start();
}
public void stopRunning() {
running = false;
this.interrupt();
}
class Task {
Status status = Status.waiting;
String type, name;
double x,y;
Task(String type, String name, double x,double y) {
this.type = type;
this.name = name;
this.xian = xian;
this.x = x;
this.y = y;
}
}
enum Status {
waiting, running, fail, success
}
}
The process is rather simple, the StaticMapLoader have a field of ArrayList. While the Parser parse a record(place), it will be thrown to the list.
And the loader will iterator the list and download the data.
However I meet a strange problem here:
#Override
public void run() {
while (running) {
log.debug("run " + tasks.size());
if (tasks.size() > 0) {
Task t = tasks.get(0);
if (t != null && t.status == Status.waiting) {
tasks.remove(0);
t.status = Status.running;
downLoad(t);
}
}
}
}
The above codes runs, and I will get the logs like this:
run 1
add task of ..
run 2
add task of ...
However , if I comment the log line, the downLoad will be never called, I will get:
run 1
run 2
......
It seems that this may be caused by the Thread , do I miss anything?
BTW, the above codes ran inside the HttpServlet context, and I start them like this:
#Override
public void init() throws ServletException {
super.init();
try {
URL fileUrl = getServletContext().getResource(getInitParameter("xlsxFile"));
URL tilePath = getServletContext().getResource(getInitParameter("tilePath"));
StaticMapLoader loader = new StaticMapLoader(tilePath.getPath());
loader.startRunning();
Parser.getInstance(loader).parse(fileUrl.getPath());
} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
}
}

Switching between client threads in a Java server

I am working on a project trying to make several people be able to control a robot arm. For this they have to connect to a Java server that then sends the commands to a robot screen for video conferencing.
I am trying to have a thread for each client and then I want to be able to switch between the different clients based on sound, because I want the speaker to be able to control the robot.
The clients all provide positional data and the level of sound taken by the kinect, and sent to the server in the form of a string.
I am having problems with performing the switch. Currently they seem to be switching back and forth and it makes the robot go haywire.
Is there a good way of comparing the threads to each other, find the appropriate one, switch to that, all the while checking the other threads to see if or when they become the most appropriate one? While also checking in case other clients try to connect to the server?
Thank you for your help.
I also include my code in case you want to look through it and get a better idea.
This is the server class:
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.ServerSocket;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.net.SocketTimeoutException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Hashtable;
public class MultiThreadedServer implements Runnable {
protected int serverPort = 8888;
protected ServerSocket serverSocket = null;
protected boolean isStopped = false;
protected Thread runningThread = null;
protected Thread clientThread = null;
protected Thread threadThread = null;
private Hashtable<Long, WorkerRunnable> Users = new Hashtable<Long, WorkerRunnable>();
private ArrayList<Thread> ClientThreads = new ArrayList<Thread>();
private WorkerRunnable client = null;
private ThreadHandler threadHandler = null;
private int sound_max = 0;
private boolean once = true;
public MultiThreadedServer (int port) {
this.serverPort = port;
}
public void run() {
synchronized(this) {
this.runningThread = Thread.currentThread();
}
openServerSocket();
threadHandler = new ThreadHandler();
while( !isStopped() ) {
Socket clientSocket = null;
try {
System.out.println(InetAddress.getLocalHost());
clientSocket = this.serverSocket.accept(); // Connect to clients
} catch (SocketTimeoutException e) {
} catch (IOException e) {
if( isStopped() ) {
System.out.println("Server Stopped");
return;
}
throw new RuntimeException("Error accepting client connection", e);
}
client = new WorkerRunnable(clientSocket, "Multithreaded Server");//Class does client work
clientThread = new Thread(client); // Make a thread for each client
clientThread.start(); // start thread
threadHandler.setUp(client, clientThread); // Set up the thread handler
if ( once == true) { // make sure the threadHandler thread is only created once
threadThread = new Thread(threadHandler);
threadThread.start();
once = false;
}
}
System.out.println("Server Stopped");
}
/**
* Check if the socket is stopped
* #return true if the socket is stopped
*/
private synchronized boolean isStopped() {
return this.isStopped;
}
/**
* Stop and close the socket
*/
public synchronized void stop() {
this.isStopped = true;
try {
this.serverSocket.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new RuntimeException("Error closing server", e);
}
}
/**
* Open server socket
*/
private void openServerSocket() {
try {
this.serverSocket = new ServerSocket(this.serverPort);
} catch (IOException e) {
throw new RuntimeException("Cannot open port 8888", e);
}
}
}
This is the Worker class, that handles the data from the clients:
import gnu.io.NoSuchPortException;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.DataOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.net.Socket;
public class WorkerRunnable implements Runnable {
protected Socket clientSocket = null;
protected String serverText = null;
private BufferedReader inFromClient;
private DataOutputStream outToClient;
private int[] currentPos = new int[6];
private boolean connected = false;
static TwoWaySerialComm serialCom = null;
static MultiServoState mState;
static int sound_average;
int[] degrees = new int[7];
int count = 0;
public WorkerRunnable(Socket clientSocket, String serverText) {
this.clientSocket = clientSocket;
this.serverText = serverText;
initCurrentPos();
if (serialCom == null) {
serialCom = new TwoWaySerialComm();
}
try {
if (!serialCom.isConnected("COM5")) {
try {
serialCom.connect("COM5");
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
mState = new MultiServoState(serialCom);
}
} catch (NoSuchPortException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public void run() {
try {
work();
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
}
}
public void work() throws InterruptedException {
try {
InputStream input = clientSocket.getInputStream();
OutputStream output = clientSocket.getOutputStream();
inFromClient = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(input));
outToClient = new DataOutputStream(output);
long time = System.currentTimeMillis();
updateData();
String message = null;
long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis() + 2000;
while ((message = (String) inFromClient.readLine()) != null) {
System.out.println("Message Received: " + message);
parse(message);
sound_average = degrees[6];
//
// Send the positional data to the robot
//
mState.runServo(degrees[0], degrees[1], degrees[2],
degrees[3], degrees[4], degrees[5]);
//
// Send a response information to the client application
//
currentPos[0] = mState.getCurrentPos(0);
currentPos[1] = mState.getCurrentPos(1);
currentPos[2] = mState.getCurrentPos(2);
currentPos[3] = mState.getCurrentPos(3);
currentPos[4] = mState.getCurrentPos(4);
try {
updateData();
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
System.out.println("Request processed: " + time);
} catch (IOException e) {
// report exception somewhere
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
/**
* Initiate the robot's starting position.
*/
public void initCurrentPos()
{
currentPos[0] = 100;
currentPos[1] = 100;
currentPos[2] = 100;
currentPos[3] = 100;
currentPos[4] = 100;
currentPos[5] = 0;
}
/**
* Send the data to the client
*
* #throws IOException
*/
public void updateData() throws IOException {
String sentence = Integer.toString(currentPos[0]) + ", " +
Integer.toString(currentPos[1]) + ", " +
Integer.toString(currentPos[2]) + ", " +
Integer.toString(currentPos[3]) + ", " +
Integer.toString(currentPos[4]) + "." + "\n";
outToClient.flush();
outToClient.writeBytes(sentence);
}
/**
* Get the clients sound average
* #param message
*/
public int getSoundAverage() {
return sound_average;
}
public void parse(String message) {
if (message != null) {
char c;
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(4);
int j = 0;
boolean help = false;
for (int i = 0; i < message.length(); i++) {
c = message.charAt(i);
if (Character.isDigit(c)) {
sb.append(c);
help = true;
}
if (!Character.isDigit(c) && help == true) {
degrees[j] = Integer.parseInt(sb.toString());
j++;
help = false;
sb.delete(0, sb.length());
}
}
}
System.out.println("Waiting for client message...");
}
/**
* Close all connections
*/
public void close() {
if (connected) {
synchronized (this) {
connected = false;
}
if (outToClient != null) {
try {
outToClient.close();
synchronized (this) {
outToClient = null;
}
} catch (IOException e) {
// there is nothing we can do: ignore it
}
}
if (inFromClient != null) {
try {
inFromClient.close();
synchronized (this) {
inFromClient = null;
}
} catch (IOException e) {
// there is nothing we can do: ignore it
}
}
if (clientSocket != null) {
try {
clientSocket.close();
synchronized (this) {
clientSocket = null;
}
} catch (IOException e) {
// there is nothing we can do: ignore it
}
}
}
}
public void returnThread() {
return;
}
}
The final class is the thread handler where I try to compare sound levels and yield all threads except the loudest one:
import java.net.ServerSocket;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Hashtable;
import com.research.aserver.WorkerRunnable;
public class ThreadHandler implements Runnable {
protected boolean isStopped = false;
protected Thread runningThread = null;
protected Thread clientThread = null;
private Hashtable<Long, WorkerRunnable> Users = new Hashtable<Long, WorkerRunnable>();
private ArrayList<Thread> ClientThreads = new ArrayList<Thread>();
private WorkerRunnable client = null;
private int sound_max = 0;
private int index = 0;
public ThreadHandler() {
}
public void setUp(WorkerRunnable client, Thread clientThread) {
this.client = client;
this.clientThread = clientThread;
Users.put(clientThread.getId(), this.client); // Place clients in a list with its thread ID as key
ClientThreads.add(this.clientThread); // List of client threads
}
#Override
public void run() {
long endTime = System.currentTimeMillis() + 2000; // Help variable to check every 2 sec
while (!Users.isEmpty() && !ClientThreads.isEmpty()) {
for (int i = 0; i < ClientThreads.size(); i++) { // Remove clients and threads if no longer active
if (!ClientThreads.get(i).isAlive()) {
Users.remove(ClientThreads.get(i).getId());
ClientThreads.get(i).interrupt();
ClientThreads.remove(i);
}
}
if(System.currentTimeMillis() >= endTime) { // Do work every 2 sec
for (int i = 0; i < ClientThreads.size(); i++) { // Get the client with the loudest sound
if (sound_max < Users.get(ClientThreads.get(i).getId()).getSoundAverage()) {
sound_max = Users.get(ClientThreads.get(i).getId()).getSoundAverage();
index = i;
}
}
for (int i = 0; i < ClientThreads.size(); i++) { // yield all threads that are not the loudest
if (Users.get(ClientThreads.get(index).getId()) != Users.get(ClientThreads.get(i).getId())){
ClientThreads.get(i).yield();
index = 0;
}
}
endTime = System.currentTimeMillis() + 2000; // update time
}
sound_max = 0;
}
}
}

One idea might be to use a PriorityBlockingQueue and define a quality value for each input, which is then sort by quality automatically inside the list.
Using this your consumer thread can simply fetch the first one in line and process it, knowing that it is the most appropriate one, while the generator threads can simply throw all input in the Queue.