1 /*
2 Copyright 2010 Ramon Servadei
3
4 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 You may obtain a copy of the License at
7
8 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9
10 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package mirrormap.nio;
17
18 import mirrormap.lifecycle.ILifeCycle;
19
20 /**
21 * Encapsulates the end point of an I/O connection. An I/O connection has 2 end
22 * points.
23 *
24 * @author Ramon Servadei
25 */
26 public interface IConnectionEndPoint extends ILifeCycle
27 {
28 /**
29 * Send the data to the other end point. This may not be a synchronous
30 * action; the implementation may queue the data.
31 *
32 * @param data
33 * the data to send
34 */
35 void send(byte[] data);
36
37 /**
38 * Indicates if this connection was initiated from this end point.
39 *
40 * @return <code>true</code> if the connection was initiated from this end
41 * point, <code>false</code> otherwise.
42 */
43 boolean isOutbound();
44
45 /**
46 * The object handling the inbound data for the connection
47 *
48 * @return object handling the inbound data for the connection
49 */
50 IConnectionEndPointReceiver getReceiver();
51 }