org.alfresco.jlan.server

Interface PacketHandlerInterface

All Known Implementing Classes:

MultiThreadedTcpRpcPacketHandler, SocketPacketHandler, TcpRpcPacketHandler

public interface PacketHandlerInterface

Packet Handler Interface

Implemented by classes that read/write request packets to a network connection.

Author:

gkspencer

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
int	availableBytes() Return the number of bytes available for reading without blocking
void	closePacketHandler() Close the packet handler
String	getProtocolName() Return the protocol name
int	readPacket(byte[] pkt, int offset, int maxLen) Read a packet of data
void	writePacket(byte[] pkt, int offset, int len) Write a packet of data

Method Detail

getProtocolName

String getProtocolName()

Return the protocol name

Returns:

String

availableBytes

int availableBytes()
            throws IOException

Return the number of bytes available for reading without blocking

Returns:

int

Throws:

IOException

readPacket

int readPacket(byte[] pkt,
               int offset,
               int maxLen)
        throws IOException

Read a packet of data

Parameters:

pkt - byte[]

offset - int

maxLen - int

Returns:

int

Throws:

IOException

writePacket

void writePacket(byte[] pkt,
                 int offset,
                 int len)
          throws IOException

Write a packet of data

Parameters:

pkt - byte[]

offset - int

len - int

Throws:

IOException

closePacketHandler

void closePacketHandler()

Close the packet handler