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 }