org.jppf.client
Interface ClientConnectionHandler

All Superinterfaces:

ClientConnectionStatusHandler

All Known Subinterfaces:

ClassServerDelegate

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractClassServerDelegate, AbstractClientConnectionHandler, ClassServerDelegateImpl, JcaClassServerDelegate, TaskServerConnectionHandler

public interface ClientConnectionHandler
extends ClientConnectionStatusHandler

Interface for wrappers around a socket connection to the server on the client side.

Author:

Laurent Cohen, Jeff Rosen

Method Summary

void	close() Close and cleanup this connection handler.
SocketWrapper	getSocketClient() Get the socket client uses to communicate over a socket connection.
void	init() Initialize the connection.
void	initSocketClient() Initialize the underlying socket connection of this connection handler.

Methods inherited from interface org.jppf.client.event.ClientConnectionStatusHandler

addClientConnectionStatusListener, getStatus, removeClientConnectionStatusListener, setStatus

Method Detail

init

void init()
          throws Exception

Initialize the connection.

Throws:

Exception - if an error is raised while initializing the connection.

initSocketClient

void initSocketClient()
                      throws Exception

Initialize the underlying socket connection of this connection handler.

Throws:

Exception - if an error is raised during initialization.

getSocketClient

SocketWrapper getSocketClient()
                              throws Exception

Get the socket client uses to communicate over a socket connection.

Returns:

a SocketWrapper instance.

Throws:

Exception - if the connection has failed or timed out.

close

void close()

Close and cleanup this connection handler.