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+package org.asamk.signal.commands;
+
+import net.sourceforge.argparse4j.impl.Arguments;
+import net.sourceforge.argparse4j.inf.Namespace;
+import net.sourceforge.argparse4j.inf.Subparser;
+
+import org.asamk.Signal;
+import org.asamk.signal.JsonReceiveMessageHandler;
+import org.asamk.signal.manager.Manager;
+import org.asamk.signal.util.DateUtils;
+import org.whispersystems.util.Base64;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import static org.asamk.signal.util.ErrorUtils.handleAssertionError;
+
+
+
+public class JsonEvtLoopCommand implements LocalCommand {
+
+    @Override
+    public void attachToSubparser(final Subparser subparser) {
+        subparser.addArgument("--ignore-attachments")
+                .help("Don’t download attachments of received messages.")
+                .action(Arguments.storeTrue());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int handleCommand(final Namespace ns, final Manager m) {
+        if (!m.isRegistered()) {
+            System.err.println("User is not registered.");
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        // Start stdin reader thread
+        JsonEvtRequestHandler jhandler = new JsonEvtRequestHandler( m);
+        JsonStdinReader reader = new JsonStdinReader( jhandler);
+        Thread jsonStdinReaderThread = new Thread( reader);
+        jsonStdinReaderThread.start();
+
+        boolean ignoreAttachments = ns.getBoolean("ignore_attachments");
+        try {
+            final Manager.ReceiveMessageHandler handler = new JsonReceiveMessageHandler(m);
+            m.receiveMessages((long) (3600 * 1000), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS, false, ignoreAttachments, handler);
+            return 0;
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            System.err.println("Error while receiving messages: " + e.getMessage());
+            return 3;
+        } catch (AssertionError e) {
+            handleAssertionError(e);
+            return 1;
+        }
+    }
+    
+    
+    private static class JsonEvtRequestHandler {
+    	Manager m;
+    	
+    	JsonEvtRequestHandler( Manager m) {    		
+    		this.m = m;
+    	}
+    	
+    	void handle( String row) {
+    		System.err.println( "JsonRequestHandler: incoming string: " + row);
+    	}
+    }
+    
+	//
+	// 	Thread Runner to handle reading STDIN line-by-line and passing to JsonRequestHandler
+	//
+	private static class JsonStdinReader implements Runnable {
+	    JsonEvtRequestHandler jsonEvtRequestHandler = null;
+	
+	    public void run() {
+	        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader( System.in));
+	        while( true) {
+	            String line=null;
+	            try {
+	                line = br.readLine();
+	            } catch( IOException e) {
+	                System.err.println("ERROR Reading stdin: " + e.toString() + ", exiting");
+	                System.exit(1);
+	            }
+	            if( line != null && !line.equals(""))
+	                this.jsonEvtRequestHandler.handle(line);
+	        }
+	    }
+	
+	    JsonStdinReader( JsonEvtRequestHandler j) {
+	        this.jsonEvtRequestHandler = j;
+	    }
+	}
+
+    
+}