org.hornetq.spi.core.remoting
Interface Connector

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractConnector

public interface Connector

A Connector is used by the client for creating and controlling a connection.

Author:

Tim Fox

Method Summary

void	close() closes the connector
Connection	createConnection() Create and return a connection from this connector.
boolean	isEquivalent(Map<String,Object> configuration) If the configuration is equivalent to this connector, which means if the parameter configuration is used to create a connection to a target node, it will be the same node as of the connections made with this connector.
boolean	isStarted() returns true if the connector is started, oterwise false.
void	start() starts the connector

Method Detail

start

void start()

starts the connector

close

void close()

closes the connector

isStarted

boolean isStarted()

returns true if the connector is started, oterwise false.

Returns:

true if the connector is started

createConnection

Connection createConnection()

Create and return a connection from this connector.

This method must NOT throw an exception if it fails to create the connection (e.g. network is not available), in this case it MUST return null

Returns:

The connection, or null if unable to create a connection (e.g. network is unavailable)

isEquivalent

boolean isEquivalent(Map<String,Object> configuration)

If the configuration is equivalent to this connector, which means if the parameter configuration is used to create a connection to a target node, it will be the same node as of the connections made with this connector.

Parameters:

configuration -

Returns:

true means the configuration is equivalent to the connector. false otherwise.