From 42ac733d7277b2bd96f8f24678457f89e36af83b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Connor Taylor-Brown <cbt24@uclive.ac.nz>
Date: Fri, 1 Sep 2017 11:57:24 +1200
Subject: [PATCH] Flush match table on a scheduled rate.

#story[1196]
---
 .../networkInterface/NetworkInterface.java     | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/matchBrowser/src/main/java/networkInterface/NetworkInterface.java b/matchBrowser/src/main/java/networkInterface/NetworkInterface.java
index 64a6aa9d..b97c1fa3 100644
--- a/matchBrowser/src/main/java/networkInterface/NetworkInterface.java
+++ b/matchBrowser/src/main/java/networkInterface/NetworkInterface.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ public class NetworkInterface {
             this.serverSocket = new DatagramSocket(3779);
 
             startBroadcast(10000);
+            scheduleFlush(300000);
             this.run();
         } catch (IOException e) {
             System.err.println("Error listening on port: " +  this.serverSocket.getLocalPort() + ".");
@@ -55,6 +56,10 @@ public class NetworkInterface {
 
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Broadcasts match table to clients at a requested interval
+     * @param period interval to broadcast table
+     */
     private void startBroadcast(int period) {
         scheduler.scheduleAtFixedRate(new TimerTask() {
             @Override
@@ -79,6 +84,19 @@ public class NetworkInterface {
         }, period, period);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Flushes the match table at a requested interval
+     * @param period interval to flush table
+     */
+    private void scheduleFlush(int period) {
+        scheduler.scheduleAtFixedRate(new TimerTask() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                matchTable.getMatchTable().clear();
+            }
+        }, period, period);
+    }
+
     private void run() throws IOException{
         while(true) {
             DatagramPacket receivePacket = new DatagramPacket(receiveData, receiveData.length);