info.pppc.base.system.plugin

Interface IStreamConnector

All Superinterfaces:

IConnector

All Known Implementing Classes:

IPStreamConnector, ObjectSerializer.StreamConnector, SecureModifier.StreamConnector, StreamSemantic.StreamConnector, TimeoutConnector

public interface IStreamConnector
extends IConnector

A stream connector is a connector that delivers streams to transfer and/or receive data. To do this, a client opens an input or an output depending on whether it sends or receives data.

Author:

Marcus Handte

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.io.InputStream	getInputStream() Returns an input stream that can be used to receive data.
java.io.OutputStream	getOutputStream() Returns an output stream that can be used to transfer data.

Methods inherited from interface info.pppc.base.system.plugin.IConnector

getPlugin, release

Method Detail

getInputStream

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

Returns an input stream that can be used to receive data. This method should only be called once per connector, although a connector can declare that it supports multiple calls to this method. The specific type returned by this method can be queries using the get type method.

Returns:

An input stream that can be used to receive data.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - Thrown if the connector cannot open an input stream.

getOutputStream

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

Returns an output stream that can be used to transfer data. Be aware that this method should only be called once per connector. The specific type returned by this method is defined by the get type method.

Returns:

An output stream that can be used to transfer data.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - Thrown if the connector cannot open an output stream.