org.npsnet.xrti
Class MessageChannelAcceptor

java.lang.Object
  org.npsnet.xrti.MessageChannelAcceptor

Direct Known Subclasses:

InternetMessageChannelAcceptor

public abstract class MessageChannelAcceptor

extends java.lang.Object

The abstract base class of all message channel acceptors.

Author:

Andrzej Kapolka

Constructor Summary

MessageChannelAcceptor()

Method Summary

abstract MessageChannel	acceptMessageChannel() Accepts a new message channel.
abstract void	close() Closes this acceptor.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MessageChannelAcceptor

public MessageChannelAcceptor()

Method Detail

acceptMessageChannel

public abstract MessageChannel acceptMessageChannel()
                                             throws java.io.IOException

Accepts a new message channel. Blocks until a message channel is available for acceptance.

Returns:

the newly accepted channel

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error occurs

close

public abstract void close()
                    throws java.io.IOException

Closes this acceptor.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error occurs