org.jboss.xnio.channels
Interface WritableMessageChannel

All Superinterfaces:

Channel, Closeable, Configurable, SuspendableWriteChannel

All Known Subinterfaces:

AllocatedMessageChannel, DatagramChannel<A>, MessageChannel

public interface WritableMessageChannel
extends SuspendableWriteChannel, Configurable

A channel that can send messages.

Method Summary

boolean	send(ByteBuffer buffer) Send a complete message.
boolean	send(ByteBuffer[] buffers) Send a complete message.
boolean	send(ByteBuffer[] buffers, int offs, int len) Send a complete message.

Methods inherited from interface org.jboss.xnio.channels.SuspendableWriteChannel

awaitWritable, awaitWritable, resumeWrites, shutdownWrites, suspendWrites

Methods inherited from interface java.nio.channels.Channel

close, isOpen

Methods inherited from interface org.jboss.xnio.channels.Configurable

getOption, getOptions, setOption

Method Detail

send

boolean send(ByteBuffer buffer)
             throws IOException

Send a complete message.

Parameters:

buffer - the message to send

Returns:

true if the message was sent, or false if there was insufficient room in the send buffer

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

send

boolean send(ByteBuffer[] buffers)
             throws IOException

Send a complete message.

Parameters:

buffers - the buffers holding the message to send

Returns:

true if the message was sent, or false if there was insufficient room in the send buffer

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

send

boolean send(ByteBuffer[] buffers,
             int offs,
             int len)
             throws IOException

Send a complete message.

Parameters:

buffers - the buffers holding the message to send

offs - the offset into the buffer array of the first buffer

len - the number of buffers that contain data to send

Returns:

true if the message was sent, or false if there was insufficient room in the send buffer

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs