org.apache.avalon.cornerstone.services.sockets

Interface SocketManager

public interface SocketManager

Service to manager the socket factories.

Author:

Peter Donald

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	ROLE

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ServerSocketFactory	getServerSocketFactory(java.lang.String name) Retrieve a server socket factory by name.
SocketFactory	getSocketFactory(java.lang.String name) Retrieve a client socket factory by name.

Field Detail

ROLE

static final java.lang.String ROLE

Method Detail

getServerSocketFactory

ServerSocketFactory getServerSocketFactory(java.lang.String name)
                                           throws java.lang.Exception

Retrieve a server socket factory by name.

Parameters:

name - the name of server socket factory

Returns:

the ServerSocketFactory

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if server socket factory is not available

getSocketFactory

SocketFactory getSocketFactory(java.lang.String name)
                               throws java.lang.Exception

Retrieve a client socket factory by name.

Parameters:

name - the name of client socket factory

Returns:

the SocketFactory

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - if socket factory is not available