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Interface TransportServerInitializer

All Known Implementing Classes:

IIOPTransportServerInitializer

public interface TransportServerInitializer

Instances of this interface manage listening for incoming connection requests.

Version:

$Revision: 1.5 $ $Date: 2002/06/28 08:59:05 $

Author:

Chris Wood

Method Summary

Transport	accept(int timeout) Listen for an incoming connection.
void	close() Stop listening for a connection.
boolean	isOpen() Is is the transport open?
void	open() Start listening for incoming connections.

Method Detail

open

public void open()

Start listening for incoming connections. Idempotent.

Throws:

COMM_FAILURE - If unable to listen. This will result in server shutdown.

TRANSIENT - If unable to listen, and try again later.

close

public void close()

Stop listening for a connection. Idempotent.

isOpen

public boolean isOpen()

Is is the transport open?

accept

public Transport accept(int timeout)

Listen for an incoming connection.

Returns:

transport for new connection, or null if no connection received.

Throws:

COMM_FAILURE - If some permanent comms problem occours this will result in server shutdown.