org.activeio
Interface OutputChannel

All Superinterfaces:

Channel, Disposable, Service

All Known Subinterfaces:

AsyncChannel, AsynchChannel, SyncChannel

All Known Implementing Classes:

AsyncChannelToConcurrentRequestChannel, AsyncToSyncChannel, AsyncWriteAsyncChannel, CounterAsyncChannel, DatagramSocketSyncChannel, FilterAsyncChannel, FilterSyncChannel, NIOAsyncChannel, NIOSyncChannel, PacketAggregatingAsyncChannel, PacketAggregatingSyncChannel, PushbackSyncChannel, SocketSyncChannel, SynchornizedAsyncChannel, SynchornizedSyncChannel, SynchToAsynchChannelAdapter, SyncToAsyncChannel, VMPipeAsyncChannelFactory.ClassloaderAsyncChannelAdapter, VMPipeAsyncChannelPipe.PipeChannel, WriteBufferedAsyncChannel, WriteBufferedSyncChannel

public interface OutputChannel
extends Channel

Version:

$Revision$

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.activeio.Service

NO_WAIT_TIMEOUT, WAIT_FOREVER_TIMEOUT

Method Summary

void	flush() Some channels may buffer data which may be sent down if flush() is called.
void	write(Packet packet) Sends a packet down the channel towards the media.

Methods inherited from interface org.activeio.Channel

narrow

Methods inherited from interface org.activeio.Disposable

dispose

Methods inherited from interface org.activeio.Service

start, stop

Method Detail

write

void write(Packet packet)
           throws IOException

Sends a packet down the channel towards the media.

Parameters:

packet -

Throws:

IOException

flush

void flush()
           throws IOException

Some channels may buffer data which may be sent down if flush() is called.

Throws:

IOException