org.jboss.xnio
Interface Connector<A,T extends java.nio.channels.Channel>

Type Parameters:

A - the address type

T - the type of channel

All Known Subinterfaces:

LocalDatagramConnector, LocalStreamConnector, TcpConnector

public interface Connector<A,T extends java.nio.channels.Channel>

A connector. Instances of this interface are used to connect to arbitrary peers from arbitrary bound source addresses.

Method Summary

IoFuture<T>	connectTo(A dest, ChannelListener<? super T> openListener, ChannelListener<? super BoundChannel<A>> bindListener) Establish a connection to a destination.
ChannelSource<T>	createChannelSource(A dest) Create a client that always connects to the given destination.

Method Detail

connectTo

IoFuture<T> connectTo(A dest,
                      ChannelListener<? super T> openListener,
                      ChannelListener<? super BoundChannel<A>> bindListener)

Establish a connection to a destination.

Parameters:

dest - the destination address

openListener - the handler which will be notified when the channel is open, or null for none

bindListener - the handler which will be notified when the channel is bound, or null for none

Returns:

the future result of this operation

createChannelSource

ChannelSource<T> createChannelSource(A dest)

Create a client that always connects to the given destination.

Parameters:

dest - the destination to connect to

Returns:

the client