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1   /***
2    *
3    * Copyright 2004 Hiram Chirino
4    *
5    *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
6    *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
7    *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
8    *
9    *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
10   *
11   *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
12   *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
13   *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
14   *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
15   *  limitations under the License.
16   */
17  
18  package org.activeio;
19  
20  import java.io.IOException;
21  
22  
23  /***
24   * InputAsynchChannel objets asynchronously push 'up' {@see org.activeio.channel.Packet} objects
25   * to a registered {@see org.activeio.AsynchChannelListener}.
26   * 
27   * @version $Revision$
28   */
29  public interface InputAsynchChannel extends Channel {
30  
31      /***
32  	 * Registers the {@see ChannelConsumer} that the protcol will use to deliver packets
33  	 * comming 'up' the channel.
34  	 *  
35  	 * @param packetListener
36  	 * @throws IOException
37  	 */
38      void setAsynchChannelListener(AsynchChannelListener channelListener);
39      
40  	/***
41  	 * @return the registered Packet consumer
42  	 */
43      AsynchChannelListener getAsynchChannelListener();
44      
45  }