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 package org.activeio; 18 19 import java.io.IOException; 20 import java.net.URI; 21 22 /*** 23 * SynchChannelFactory objects can create {@see org.activeio.SynchChannel} 24 * and {@see org.activeio.SynchChannelServer} objects. 25 * 26 * @version $Revision$ 27 */ 28 public interface SynchChannelFactory { 29 30 /*** 31 * Opens a connection to server. 32 * 33 * @param location 34 * @return 35 */ 36 public SynchChannel openSynchChannel(URI location) throws IOException; 37 38 /*** 39 * Binds a server at the URI location. 40 * 41 * @param location 42 * @return 43 */ 44 public SynchChannelServer bindSynchChannel(URI location) throws IOException; 45 46 }