at.borkowski.scovillej.services.comm

Interface SimulationServerSocket<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of data transferred

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, Closeable

All Known Implementing Classes:

SimulationServerSocketImpl

public interface SimulationServerSocket<T>
extends Closeable

Provides means of listening for incoming connections in a simulation.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
SimulationSocket<T>	accept() Accepts a socket from the waiting queue.
int	available() Returns the number of waiting sockets ready to be accepted (see accept()).
void	close() Closes the server socket and frees up resources.

Method Detail

available

int available()

Returns the number of waiting sockets ready to be accepted (see accept()). This number is zero if there are no listening sockets and at most the number of sockets which can be accepted without blocking (but at least one).

Returns:

an estimate of the number of waiting sockets.

accept

SimulationSocket<T> accept()
                    throws IOException

Accepts a socket from the waiting queue. This method blocks if there are not waiting sockets.

Returns:

a socket from the waiting queue

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O exception occurs

close

void close()

Closes the server socket and frees up resources.

Specified by:

close in interface AutoCloseable

Specified by:

close in interface Closeable