org.apache.avalon.cornerstone.services.sockets
Interface SocketFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultSocketFactory, TLSSocketFactory

public interface SocketFactory

The interface used to create client sockets.

Author:

Peter Donald

Method Summary

Socket	createSocket(InetAddress address, int port) Create a socket and connect to remote address specified.
Socket	createSocket(InetAddress address, int port, InetAddress localAddress, int localPort) Create a socket and connect to remote address specified originating from specified local address.

Method Detail

createSocket

public Socket createSocket(InetAddress address,
                           int port)
                    throws IOException

Create a socket and connect to remote address specified.

Parameters:

address - the remote address

port - the remote port

Returns:

the socket

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurs

createSocket

public Socket createSocket(InetAddress address,
                           int port,
                           InetAddress localAddress,
                           int localPort)
                    throws IOException

Create a socket and connect to remote address specified originating from specified local address.

Parameters:

address - the remote address

port - the remote port

localAddress - the local address

localPort - the local port

Returns:

the socket

Throws:

IOException - if an error occurs