org.jboss.remoting.transport.async
Interface Channel

All Known Implementing Classes:

BlockingChannel

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.

Author:

Hiram Chirino

Method Summary

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

Method Detail

open

public void open(InvokerLocator uri,
                 ChannelListner listner)
          throws IOException,
                 ConnectionFailedException

opens a connection to another server.

Parameters:

uri -

listner -

Throws:

IOException

ConnectionFailedException

open

public void open(ChannelListner listner)
          throws IOException

starts an accepted connection.

Parameters:

listner -

Throws:

IOException

close

public void close()
           throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

send

public void send(byte[][] data)
          throws IOException

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

Throws:

IOException