com.metamatrix.common.comm.api
Interface ServerConnectionFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

LocalTransportHandler, SocketServerConnectionFactory

public interface ServerConnectionFactory

Method Summary

ServerConnection

createConnection(java.util.Properties connectionProperties) Establish a connection to the server.

Method Detail

createConnection

ServerConnection createConnection(java.util.Properties connectionProperties)
                                  throws CommunicationException,
                                         ConnectionException

Establish a connection to the server.

Parameters:

connProps - The properties used by the transport to find a connection. These properties are typically specific to the transport.

Returns:

A connection, never null

Throws:

ConnectionException - If an error occurs communicating between client and server

CommunicationException - If an error occurs in connecting, typically due to problems with the connection properties (bad user name, bad password, bad host name, etc)