org.openorb.net
Interface ServerChannel

All Superinterfaces:

Channel

All Known Implementing Classes:

IIOPServerChannel

public interface ServerChannel

extends Channel

A server channel represents a connection with a client through which requests can be issued.

Version:

$Revision: 1.6 $ $Date: 2002/06/28 08:59:05 $

Author:

Chris Wood

Field Summary

static int	STATE_CLOSED Connection closed perminently.
static int	STATE_CONNECTED Connection open and ready for use.

Method Summary

void	close() Close the connection.
ORB	orb() An orb reference.
void	soft_close(boolean reject_new) Close the connection after all currently processing requests are complete.
int	state() Return the state of the channel.

Methods inherited from interface org.openorb.net.Channel

active_requests, channel_age, recv, run_recv

Field Detail

STATE_CONNECTED

public static final int STATE_CONNECTED

Connection open and ready for use.

STATE_CLOSED

public static final int STATE_CLOSED

Connection closed perminently. All requests currently procesing will fail to return.

Method Detail

orb

public ORB orb()

An orb reference.

state

public int state()

Return the state of the channel.

soft_close

public void soft_close(boolean reject_new)

Close the connection after all currently processing requests are complete. If there are no currently active requests the channel will close immediatly otherwise if ifActive is true then the channel will close once all currently active requests have completed, and in the mean time new incomming requests will be silently discarded. This call returns immediatly, use the state function to interrogate the state while a close is pending.

close

public void close()

Close the connection. This closes the channel immediatly, all replys to current requests will be discarded.