1 /*** 2 * 3 * Copyright 2004 Hiram Chirino 4 * 5 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 6 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 7 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 8 * 9 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 10 * 11 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 12 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 13 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 14 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 15 * limitations under the License. 16 */ 17 package org.activeio; 18 19 import java.io.IOException; 20 import java.net.URI; 21 22 23 /*** 24 * AsynchChannelFactory objects can create {@see org.activeio.AsynchChannel} 25 * and {@see org.activeio.AsynchChannelServer} objects. 26 * 27 * @version $Revision$ 28 */ 29 public interface AsynchChannelFactory { 30 31 /*** 32 * Opens a connection to server. 33 * 34 * @param location 35 * @return 36 */ 37 public AsynchChannel openAsynchChannel(URI location) throws IOException; 38 39 /*** 40 * Binds a server at the URI location. 41 * 42 * @param location 43 * @return 44 */ 45 public AsynchChannelServer bindAsynchChannel(URI location) throws IOException; 46 47 }