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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.net.URI;
    20
    21  /***
    22   * A ChannelServer is used to accept incoming requests to establish new Channel sessions.
    23   *
    24   * Like a normal {@see org.activeio.channel.Channel}, A ChannelServer comes in two falvors, either:
    25   * {@see org.activeio.AsynchChannelServer} or
    26   * {@see org.activeio.SynchChannelServer}.
    27   *
    28   * @version $Revision$
    29   */
    30  public interface ChannelServer extends Channel {
    31
    32      /***
    33       * The URI that was used when the channel was bound.  This could be different
    34       * than what is used by a client to connect to the ChannelServer.  For example,
    35       * the bind URI might be tcp://localhost:0 which means the channel should bind to
    36       * an anonymous port.
    37       *
    38       * @return The URI that was used when the channel was bound
    39       */
    40      public URI getBindURI();
    41
    42      /***
    43       * Once bound, the channel may be able to construct a URI that is more sutible for when
    44       * a client needs to connect to the server.  For examle the port of the URI may be
    45       * updated to reflect the actual local port that the channel server is listening on.
    46       *
    47       * @return a URI that a client can use to connect to the server or null if the channel cannot construct the URI.
    48       */
    49      public URI getConnectURI();
    50
    51  }