org.xlattice
Interface Connector

public interface Connector

Used to establish a Connection with another entity (Node). The notion is that a node has a collection of Connectors used for establishing Connections with Peers, neighboring nodes.

Author:

Jim Dixon

Method Summary

Connection	connect(EndPoint nearEnd, boolean blocking) Establish a Connection with another entity using the transport and address in the EndPoint.
EndPoint	getFarEnd()

Method Detail

connect

Connection connect(EndPoint nearEnd,
                   boolean blocking)
                   throws java.io.IOException

Establish a Connection with another entity using the transport and address in the EndPoint.

Parameters:

nearEnd - local end point to use for connection

blocking - whether the new Connection is to be blocking

Throws:

java.io.IOException

getFarEnd

EndPoint getFarEnd()

Returns:

the Acceptor EndPoint that this Connector is used to establish connections to