--- projects/cms/source/server/uk/org/iscream/cms/server/client/AlerterManager.java	2001/03/15 22:12:22	1.4
+++ projects/cms/source/server/uk/org/iscream/cms/server/client/AlerterManager.java	2001/03/22 22:07:14	1.5
@@ -8,19 +8,19 @@ import uk.org.iscream.util.*;
 import java.util.*;
 
 /**
- * A manager for the Monitors.
+ * A manager for the Alerters.
  *
- * @author  $Author: tdb $
- * @version $Id: AlerterManager.java,v 1.4 2001/03/15 22:12:22 tdb Exp $
+ * @author  $Author: ajm $
+ * @version $Id: AlerterManager.java,v 1.5 2001/03/22 22:07:14 ajm Exp $
  */
-class AlerterManager extends Thread {
+public class AlerterManager extends Thread {
 
 //---FINAL ATTRIBUTES---
 
     /**
      * The current CVS revision of this class
      */
-    public static final String REVISION = "$Revision: 1.4 $";
+    public static final String REVISION = "$Revision: 1.5 $";
     
 //---STATIC METHODS---
     
@@ -87,28 +87,6 @@ class AlerterManager extends Thread {
     }
 
 //---PUBLIC METHODS---
-    
-    public void run() {
-        
-        boolean run=true;
-        while(run) {
-            // attempt to get some data from the Queue
-            Alert alert = null;
-            try {
-                alert = (Alert) _queue.get(_qID);
-            }
-            catch(InvalidQueueException e) {
-                _logger.write(toString(), Logger.ERROR, "Queue failure: "+e);
-            }
-            
-            // for each alerter in the pipeline...
-            Iterator pluginAlerters = _alerterPipeline.iterator();
-            while (pluginAlerters.hasNext()){
-                PluginAlerter alerter = (PluginAlerter)pluginAlerters.next();
-                alerter.sendAlert(alert);
-            }
-        }
-    }
 
     /**
      * Overrides the {@link java.lang.Object#toString() Object.toString()}
@@ -129,6 +107,17 @@ class AlerterManager extends Thread {
 //---PRIVATE METHODS---
 
 //---ACCESSOR/MUTATOR METHODS---
+
+    /**
+     * Allows alerters to obtain a reference
+     * to the alerting queue so that they can 
+     * process any alerts
+     *
+     * @return a reference to the alert queue
+     */
+    public Queue getQueue() {
+        return _queue;
+    }
 
 //---ATTRIBUTES---