1 /***
2 *
3 * Copyright 2004 Protique Ltd
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 **/
18 package org.codehaus.activemq.transport;
19
20 import org.codehaus.activemq.message.WireFormat;
21
22 import javax.jms.JMSException;
23 import java.net.URI;
24
25 /***
26 * TransportChannelFactory for creating TransportChannels
27 *
28 * @version $Revision: 1.5 $
29 */
30 public interface TransportChannelFactory {
31 /***
32 * Create a Channel to a remote Node - e.g. a Broker
33 *
34 * @param wireFormat
35 * @param remoteLocation
36 * @return the TransportChannel bound to the remote node
37 * @throws JMSException
38 */
39 public TransportChannel create(WireFormat wireFormat, URI remoteLocation) throws JMSException;
40
41 /***
42 * Create a Channel to a remote Node - e.g. a Broker
43 *
44 * @param wireFormat
45 * @param remoteLocation
46 * @param localLocation -
47 * e.g. local InetAddress and local port
48 * @return the TransportChannel bound to the remote node
49 * @throws JMSException
50 */
51 public TransportChannel create(WireFormat wireFormat, URI remoteLocation, URI localLocation) throws JMSException;
52
53 /***
54 * Does this channel require an embedded broker to perform
55 * such as VM or multicast based transports
56 *
57 * @return true if an embedded broker is a requirement
58 * of using the channel
59 */
60 public boolean requiresEmbeddedBroker();
61 }