fi.solita.clamav

Class ClamAVClient

java.lang.Object

fi.solita.clamav.ClamAVClient

public class ClamAVClient
extends Object

Simple client for ClamAV's clamd scanner. Provides straightforward instream scanning.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ClamAVClient(String hostName, int port)
ClamAVClient(String hostName, int port, int timeout)

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	isCleanReply(byte[] reply)
boolean	ping() Run PING command to clamd to test it is responding.
byte[]	scan(byte[] in)
byte[]	scan(InputStream is) Streams the given data to the server in chunks.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ClamAVClient

public ClamAVClient(String hostName,
            int port,
            int timeout)

Parameters:

timeout - zero means infinite timeout. Not a good idea, but will be accepted.

ClamAVClient

public ClamAVClient(String hostName,
            int port)

Method Detail

ping

public boolean ping()
             throws IOException

Run PING command to clamd to test it is responding.

Returns:

true if the server responded with proper ping reply.

Throws:

IOException

scan

public byte[] scan(InputStream is)
            throws IOException

Streams the given data to the server in chunks. The whole data is not kept in memory.

Opens a socket and reads the reply. Parameter input stream is NOT closed.

Parameters:

is - data to scan. Not closed by this method!

Returns:

server reply

Throws:

IOException

scan

public byte[] scan(byte[] in)
            throws IOException

Parameters:

in - data to scan

Returns:

server reply

Throws:

IOException

isCleanReply

public static boolean isCleanReply(byte[] reply)
                            throws UnsupportedEncodingException

Returns:

true if no virus was found according to the clamd reply message

Throws:

UnsupportedEncodingException