org.hornetq.spi.core.remoting

Interface Connector

All Known Implementing Classes:

InVMConnector, NettyConnector

public interface Connector

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

Author:

Tim Fox

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close() closes the connector
Connection	createConnection() Create and return a connection from 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)