org.jboss.xnio.channels
Interface MultipointReadableMessageChannel<A>

Type Parameters:

A - the type of address associated with this channel

All Superinterfaces:

Channel, Closeable, Configurable, SuspendableReadChannel

All Known Subinterfaces:

MultipointDatagramChannel<A>, MultipointMessageChannel<A>, UdpChannel

public interface MultipointReadableMessageChannel<A>
extends SuspendableReadChannel, Configurable

The readable side of a multipoint message channel.

See Also:

MultipointMessageChannel

Method Summary

MultipointReadResult<A>

receive(ByteBuffer buffer) Receive a message via this channel.

Methods inherited from interface org.jboss.xnio.channels.SuspendableReadChannel

awaitReadable, awaitReadable, resumeReads, shutdownReads, suspendReads

Methods inherited from interface java.nio.channels.Channel

close, isOpen

Methods inherited from interface org.jboss.xnio.channels.Configurable

getOption, getOptions, setOption

Method Detail

receive

MultipointReadResult<A> receive(ByteBuffer buffer)
                                throws IOException

Receive a message via this channel. If a message is immediately available, then the datagram is written into the given buffer and the source and destination addresses (if available) are returned. If there is no message immediately available, this method will return null.

Parameters:

buffer - the buffer into which data should be read

Returns:

a result instance if a message was found and processed, or null if the operation would block

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs