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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  }