electric.net.channel
Interface IChannel

All Known Implementing Classes:

SocketChannel

public interface IChannel

IChannel is an abstraction of a bidirectional communications channel.

Author:

webMethods

Method Summary

void	close() Close the channel.
long	getBytesRead() Return the number of bytes read by this channel
long	getBytesWritten() Return the number of bytes written by this channel
java.io.InputStream	getInputStream() Return the input stream.
XURL	getLocalXURL() Return the URL of the local endpoint.
java.io.OutputStream	getOutputStream() Return the output stream.
XURL	getRemoteXURL() Return the URL of the remote endpoint.
int	getState() Return state of the channel.
void	setState(int state) Change the state of the channel.

Method Detail

getInputStream

public java.io.InputStream getInputStream()
                                   throws java.io.IOException

Return the input stream.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If the input stream cannot be obtained.

getOutputStream

public java.io.OutputStream getOutputStream()
                                     throws java.io.IOException

Return the output stream.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If the output stream cannot be obtained.

close

public void close()
           throws java.io.IOException

Close the channel.

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getLocalXURL

public XURL getLocalXURL()

Return the URL of the local endpoint.

getRemoteXURL

public XURL getRemoteXURL()

Return the URL of the remote endpoint.

getBytesRead

public long getBytesRead()

Return the number of bytes read by this channel

getBytesWritten

public long getBytesWritten()

Return the number of bytes written by this channel

getState

public int getState()

Return state of the channel. The states are defined in IChannelStates

setState

public void setState(int state)

Change the state of the channel. The state passed into the method must be defined in IChannelStates