| /* SocketFactory.java -- |
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| package gnu.CORBA.interfaces; |
| |
| import java.io.IOException; |
| import java.net.ServerSocket; |
| import java.net.Socket; |
| |
| /** |
| * This class produces sockets for serving and submitting CORBA requests. The |
| * socket factory can be set using {@link gnuOrb.setSocketFactory()} for |
| * producting all sockets for that ORB. This is needed for using secure sockets, |
| * for implementing the desired timeout policies, for HTTP tunnels and in some |
| * other similar cases. While such functionality is provided by near all |
| * existing CORBA implementations, no standard mechanism is defined. |
| * |
| * The socket factory may need to put additional information to the IORs of the |
| * objects, released by the ORB. Because of this reason, this interface extends |
| * IORInterceptorOperations. |
| * |
| * @author Audrius Meskauskas, Lithuania (AudriusA@Bioinformatics.org) |
| */ |
| public interface SocketFactory |
| { |
| /** |
| * The name of the ORB property that forces the ORB to use the socket |
| * factory class, the name of that (String) is the value of this property. |
| */ |
| final String PROPERTY = "gnu.CORBA.SocketFactory"; |
| |
| /** |
| * Create a server socket that should serve remote invocations on the given |
| * port. The ORB may use this socket to serve either one or more objects. |
| * |
| * @param port the port, on that the socket should be listening for requests. |
| * The port policy can be controlled by {@link gnuPortManager}. |
| * |
| * @throws IOException if the socket cannot be created on the given port due |
| * any reasons. The ORB may try to open the socket on another port, calling |
| * this method with the different parameter. |
| */ |
| ServerSocket createServerSocket(int port) |
| throws IOException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Create a client socket that should send a request to the remote side. When |
| * returned, the socket should be opened and ready to communicate. |
| * |
| * @param port the port, on that the socket should be openend. The port is |
| * usually part of the internet profile. |
| * |
| * @throws IOException if the socket cannot be created on the given port due |
| * any reasons. The ORB may try to open the socket on another port, calling |
| * this method with the different parameter. |
| */ |
| Socket createClientSocket(String host, int port) |
| throws IOException; |
| |
| } |