org.szegedi.nioserver
Interface ProtocolHandlerFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

EchoProtocolHandlerFactory, HttpProtocolHandlerFactory

public interface ProtocolHandlerFactory

An interface for factories of protocol handlers. A single protocol handler factory is associated with each serviced server socket. When a connection is accepted on the server socket, a new protocol handler is requested from the factory and associated with the connection.

Version:

$Id: ProtocolHandlerFactory.java,v 1.2 2002/02/11 08:18:30 szegedia Exp $

Author:

Attila Szegedi, szegedia at freemail dot hu

Method Summary

ProtocolHandler

createProtocolHandler(java.nio.channels.SocketChannel channel) Called whenever a connection is accepted on a server socket for which this factory was registered.

Method Detail

createProtocolHandler

public ProtocolHandler createProtocolHandler(java.nio.channels.SocketChannel channel)

Called whenever a connection is accepted on a server socket for which this factory was registered.

Parameters:

channel - the server socket channel that represents the server-side of the connection.

Returns:

a protocol handler instance (either new or pooled) that will service the read and write operations on the socket. Returning null will cause the server to refuse the connection.