mirrormap.nio
Interface IConnectionEndPoint

All Superinterfaces:

IDestroyable, ILifeCycle

All Known Implementing Classes:

TcpConnectionEndPoint

public interface IConnectionEndPoint
extends ILifeCycle

Encapsulates the end point of an I/O connection. An I/O connection has 2 end points.

Author:

Ramon Servadei

Method Summary

IConnectionEndPointReceiver	getReceiver() The object handling the inbound data for the connection
boolean	isOutbound() Indicates if this connection was initiated from this end point.
void	send(byte[] data) Send the data to the other end point.

Methods inherited from interface mirrormap.lifecycle.ILifeCycle

isActive, start

Methods inherited from interface mirrormap.lifecycle.IDestroyable

destroy

Method Detail

send

void send(byte[] data)

Send the data to the other end point. This may not be a synchronous action; the implementation may queue the data.

Parameters:

data - the data to send

isOutbound

boolean isOutbound()

Indicates if this connection was initiated from this end point.

Returns:

true if the connection was initiated from this end point, false otherwise.

getReceiver

IConnectionEndPointReceiver getReceiver()

The object handling the inbound data for the connection

Returns:

object handling the inbound data for the connection