org.apache.reef.io.network

Interface ConnectionFactory<T>

Type Parameters:

T - type

All Known Implementing Classes:

NetworkService

public interface ConnectionFactory<T>

Factory that creates a new connection.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Identifier	getConnectionFactoryId()
Identifier	getLocalEndPointId() Each connection factory has own local end point id.
Connection<T>	newConnection(Identifier destId) Creates a new connection.

Method Detail

newConnection

Connection<T> newConnection(Identifier destId)

Creates a new connection.

Parameters:

destId - a destination identifier

Returns:

a connection

getConnectionFactoryId

Identifier getConnectionFactoryId()

Returns:

the connection factory identifier.

getLocalEndPointId

Identifier getLocalEndPointId()

Each connection factory has own local end point id. If connections are created by the connection factory, the local end point id is used as the source id of all the connections. It returns the local end point id.

Returns:

the local end point id