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

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultSocketManager

public interface SocketManager

Service to manager the socket factories.

Author:

Peter Donald

Field Summary

static String

ROLE

Method Summary

ServerSocketFactory	getServerSocketFactory(String name) Retrieve a server socket factory by name.
SocketFactory	getSocketFactory(String name) Retrieve a client socket factory by name.

Field Detail

ROLE

public static final String ROLE

Method Detail

getServerSocketFactory

public ServerSocketFactory getServerSocketFactory(String name)
                                           throws Exception

Retrieve a server socket factory by name.

Parameters:

name - the name of server socket factory

Returns:

the ServerSocketFactory

Throws:

Exception - if server socket factory is not available

getSocketFactory

public SocketFactory getSocketFactory(String name)
                               throws Exception

Retrieve a client socket factory by name.

Parameters:

name - the name of client socket factory

Returns:

the SocketFactory

Throws:

Exception - if socket factory is not available