Package arc.net

Interface EndPoint

All Superinterfaces:

Runnable

All Known Implementing Classes:

Client, Server

public interface EndPoint
extends Runnable

Represents the local end point of a connection.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addListener(NetListener listener)	Adds a listener to the endpoint.
void	close()
Thread	getUpdateThread()	Returns the last thread that called update(int) for this end point.
void	removeListener(NetListener listener)
void	run()	Continually updates this end point until stop() is called.
void	start()	Starts a new thread that calls run().
void	stop()	Closes this end point and causes run() to return.
void	update(int timeout)

Method Details

addListener

void addListener(NetListener listener)

Adds a listener to the endpoint. If the listener already exists, it is not added again.

removeListener

void removeListener(NetListener listener)

run

void run()

Continually updates this end point until stop() is called.

Specified by:

run in interface Runnable

start

void start()

Starts a new thread that calls run().

stop

void stop()

Closes this end point and causes run() to return.

close

void close()

See Also:

• Client
• Server

update

void update(int timeout)
     throws IOException

Throws:

IOException

See Also:

• Client.update(int)
• Server.update(int)

getUpdateThread

Thread getUpdateThread()

Returns the last thread that called update(int) for this end point. This can be useful to detect when long running code will be run on the update thread.