info.pppc.base.system.plugin

Interface IStreamer

All Known Subinterfaces:

IRouting, ITransceiver

All Known Implementing Classes:

IPBroadcastTransceiver, IPMulticastTransceiver, MxIPBroadcastTransceiver, MxIPMulticastTransceiver, MxIPProactiveRouting, ProactiveRouting

public interface IStreamer

The streamer interface is implemented by plug-ins that establish connections to other systems. This can be either transceiver plug-ins or routing plug-ins that in turn use transceiver plug-ins.

Author:

Marcus Handte

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IStreamConnector	openSession(ISession session) Opens an outgoing streaming connector that connects to the specified target system.
boolean	prepareSession(PluginDescription d, NFCollection c, ISession s) Prepares a session to communicate with the specified target under the specified requirements.

Method Detail

openSession

IStreamConnector openSession(ISession session)
                             throws java.io.IOException

Opens an outgoing streaming connector that connects to the specified target system. The context object provides the connector of the communication.

Parameters:

session - A session that has been negotiated previously using the prepare method.

Returns:

A connector that connects to the specified target system and provides the specified type or null if such a connector cannot be created.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - Thrown if the connector cannot be opened.

prepareSession

boolean prepareSession(PluginDescription d,
                     NFCollection c,
                     ISession s)

Prepares a session to communicate with the specified target under the specified requirements.

Parameters:

s - The session that can be used to negotiate session specific data and to store local information used to initiate the communication.

c - The non-functional requirements.

d - The plugin description of the remote plugin.

Returns:

False if the specified context cannot be fulfilled.