Adding client information with every client in Red5

In Red5 forum, I have seen so many times, developers are asking for custom client id to identify a client. Below I will try to explain how can one add additional client information with every client connected to your application.

First we will create a client object--

public class Client{
String clientId = null;
String clienName = null;
String clientRole = null;

public String getRole(){
return clientRole;
}
public String getName(){
return clientName;
}
public String getId(){
return clientId;
}
public void setRole(String role){
clientRole = role;
}
public void setName(String name){
clientName = name;
}
public void setId(String id){
clientId = id;
}
}

Now we are ready with our client object, We will add this client object with the IClient in Red5 like below

public boolean roomConnect(IConnection iconnection, Object params[]){
if(!super.roomConnect(iconnection, params)){
log.info((new StringBuilder()).append("Application failed to connect room: ").append(iconnection.getScope().getName()).toString());
return false;
}
else{
log.info((new StringBuilder()).append("Application room connect initiated for room ").append(iconnection.getScope().getName()).append(": ").toString());

//We will add our client information right here
Client client = new Client();
client.setId(params[0].toString());
client.setName(params[1].toString());
client.setRole(params[2].toString());
iconnection.getClient().setAttribute("client", client);

return true
}
}

public boolean roomJoin(IClient iclient, IScope iscope){

/*Here you can see how to access your client information throughout the application*/

Client client = ((Client)iclient.getAttribute("client"));
String clientName = client.getName();
String clientId = client.getId();
String clientRole = client.getRole();

return true;
}

This way you can have your own client id's names and roles for different clients.

To create new Red5 application follow my previous post here.