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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Glyptodon LLC.
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+ * THE SOFTWARE.
+ */
+
+package org.glyptodon.guacamole.net.basic;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+import org.glyptodon.guacamole.GuacamoleException;
+import org.glyptodon.guacamole.io.GuacamoleReader;
+import org.glyptodon.guacamole.net.basic.event.ClipboardChangeEvent;
+import org.glyptodon.guacamole.net.basic.event.SessionListenerCollection;
+import org.glyptodon.guacamole.net.basic.event.listener.ClipboardChangeListener;
+import org.glyptodon.guacamole.protocol.GuacamoleInstruction;
+
+/**
+ * GuacamoleReader implementation which watches for specific instructions,
+ * firing server-side events when they are observed.
+ * 
+ * @author Michael Jumper
+ */
+public class MonitoringGuacamoleReader implements GuacamoleReader {
+
+    /**
+     * The underlying GuacamoleReader.
+     */
+    private final GuacamoleReader reader;
+
+    /**
+     * Collection of all listeners which will receive events.
+     */
+    private final SessionListenerCollection listeners;
+
+    /**
+     * Notifies all listeners in the given collection that clipboard data has
+     * changed.
+     *
+     * @param listeners A collection of all listeners that should be notified.
+     * @param data The new clipboard data.
+     * @throws GuacamoleException If any listener throws an error while being
+     *                            notified.
+     */
+    private static boolean notifyClipboardChange(Collection listeners, String data)
+            throws GuacamoleException {
+
+        // Build event for clipboard change
+        ClipboardChangeEvent event = new ClipboardChangeEvent(data);
+
+        // Notify all listeners
+        for (Object listener : listeners) {
+            if (listener instanceof ClipboardChangeListener)
+                ((ClipboardChangeListener) listener).clipboardChanged(event);
+        }
+
+        return true;
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new MonitoringGuacamoleReader which watches the instructions
+     * read by the given GuacamoleReader, firing events when specific
+     * instructions are seen.
+     * 
+     * @param listeners The collection of listeners receiving events.
+     * @param reader The reader to observe.
+     */
+    public MonitoringGuacamoleReader(SessionListenerCollection listeners,
+            GuacamoleReader reader) {
+        this.listeners = listeners;
+        this.reader = reader;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean available() throws GuacamoleException {
+        return reader.available();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public char[] read() throws GuacamoleException {
+        return readInstruction().toString().toCharArray();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public GuacamoleInstruction readInstruction() throws GuacamoleException {
+
+        GuacamoleInstruction instruction = reader.readInstruction();
+
+        // If clipboard changed, notify listeners
+        if (instruction.getOpcode().equals("clipboard")) {
+            List<String> args = instruction.getArgs();
+            if (args.size() >= 1)
+                notifyClipboardChange(listeners, args.get(0));
+        }
+        
+        return instruction;
+        
+    }
+    
+}