org.apache.geronimo.remoting.transport.async
Interface Channel

All Known Implementing Classes:

BlockingChannel, NonBlockingChannel

public interface Channel

An AsynchChannel allows you to transport bytes of data back and forth between a client and a server in a async manner. This interace abstraction is here so that it can be implemented using both the Blocking and Non-blocking IO APIs.

Version:

$Revision: 1.3 $ $Date: 2004/03/10 09:59:20 $

Method Summary

void	close()
void	open(ChannelListner listner) starts an accepted connection.
void	open(URI uri, URI backConnectURI, ChannelListner listner) opens a connection to another server.
void	send(AsyncMsg data) Sends an asynch packet of data down the channel.

Method Detail

open

public void open(URI uri,
                 URI backConnectURI,
                 ChannelListner listner)
          throws TransportException

opens a connection to another server.

Parameters:

uri -

listner -

Throws:

IOException

ConnectionFailedException

TransportException

open

public void open(ChannelListner listner)
          throws TransportException

starts an accepted connection.

Parameters:

listner -

Throws:

IOException

TransportException

close

public void close()
           throws TransportException

Throws:

TransportException

send

public void send(AsyncMsg data)
          throws TransportException

Sends an asynch packet of data down the channel. It does not wait wait for a response if possible.

Throws:

TransportException