org.jboss.xnio
Interface Acceptor<A,T extends Channel>

Type Parameters:

A - the address type

T - the channel type

All Known Subinterfaces:

CloseableTcpAcceptor, TcpAcceptor

public interface Acceptor<A,T extends Channel>

An acceptor. This is the inverse of Connector; it is used to accept a single connection from a remote peer.

Since:

1.2

Method Summary

FutureConnection<A,T>	acceptTo(A dest, IoHandler<? super T> handler) Accept a connection at a destination address.
ChannelDestination<A,T>	createChannelDestination(A dest) Create a channel destination for this acceptor, which always uses a specific destination address.

Method Detail

acceptTo

FutureConnection<A,T> acceptTo(A dest,
                               IoHandler<? super T> handler)

Accept a connection at a destination address. If a wildcard address is specified, then a destination address is chosen in a manner specific to the OS and/or channel type.

Parameters:

dest - the destination address

handler - the handler for the new connection

Returns:

the future connection

createChannelDestination

ChannelDestination<A,T> createChannelDestination(A dest)

Create a channel destination for this acceptor, which always uses a specific destination address. If a wildcard address is specified, then a destination address is chosen in a manner specific to the OS and/or channel type for each accept operation.

Parameters:

dest - the destination address

Returns:

a channel destination instance