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Interface ConsumerChannel

All Known Implementing Classes:

FacetConsumerChannel, SocketConsumerChannel

public interface ConsumerChannel

A class that abstracts the connection by which one component can read objects from another component.

Version:

$Revision: 1.6 $

Author:

Dave Jurgens

Method Summary

void	close() Closes this channel.
boolean	isAvailable() Returns true if it is possible at the time of the call to consume additional data from the channel.
Object	readObject() Reads in an Object from the channel.

Method Detail

close

public void close()
           throws IOException

Closes this channel.

IOException

isAvailable

public boolean isAvailable()
                    throws IOException

Returns true if it is possible at the time of the call to consume additional data from the channel.

IOException

readObject

public Object readObject()
                  throws IOException,
                         ClassNotFoundException

Reads in an Object from the channel. This method blocks until an Object is available.

IOException

ClassNotFoundException