org.npsnet.xrti
Class MessageChannelFactory

java.lang.Object
  org.npsnet.xrti.MessageChannelFactory

Direct Known Subclasses:

DefaultMessageChannelFactory

public abstract class MessageChannelFactory

extends java.lang.Object

The abstract base class of all message channel factories.

Author:

Andrzej Kapolka

Constructor Summary

MessageChannelFactory()

Method Summary

abstract MessageChannelAcceptor	newFederateChannelAcceptor(java.util.Properties config) Creates a new acceptor for channels from federates.
abstract MessageChannel	newChannelToExecutive(java.util.Properties config) Creates a new channel to the XRTI Executive based on the specified configuration.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MessageChannelFactory

public MessageChannelFactory()

Method Detail

newChannelToExecutive

public abstract MessageChannel newChannelToExecutive(java.util.Properties config)
                                              throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException,
                                                     java.io.IOException

Creates a new channel to the XRTI Executive based on the specified configuration.

Parameters:

config - the configuration properties to use

Returns:

the newly created channel

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the configuration properties are invalid

java.io.IOException - if the channel could not be created

newFederateChannelAcceptor

public abstract MessageChannelAcceptor newFederateChannelAcceptor(java.util.Properties config)
                                                           throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException,
                                                                  java.io.IOException

Creates a new acceptor for channels from federates.

Parameters:

config - the configuration properties to use

Returns:

the newly created acceptor

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the configuration properties are invalid

java.io.IOException - if the acceptor could not be created