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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  }