llvm-gcc-4.2/libjava/classpath/javax/net/SocketFactory.java

/* SocketFactory.java -- factory for client sockets.
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package javax.net;

import java.io.IOException;

import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;

import java.security.Security;

/**
 * A factory for client sockets. The purpose of this class is to serve
 * as the superclass of server socket factories that produce client
 * sockets of a particular type, such as <i>Secure Socket Layer</i>
 * (<b>SSL</b>) sockets.
 *
 * @author Casey Marshall (rsdio@metastatic.org)
 */
public abstract class SocketFactory
{

  // Constructor.
  // -------------------------------------------------------------------

  /**
   * Default 0-arguments constructor.
   */
  protected SocketFactory()
  {
    super();
  }

  // Class methods.
  // -------------------------------------------------------------------

  /**
   * Returns the default socket factory. The type of factory
   * returned may depend upon the installation.
   *
   * @return The default socket factory.
   */
  public static synchronized SocketFactory getDefault()
  {
    try
      {
        String s = Security.getProperty("gnu.defaultSocketFactory");
        if (s != null)
          {
            Class c = Class.forName(s);
            return (SocketFactory) c.newInstance();
          }
      }
    catch (Exception e)
      {
      }
    return new VanillaSocketFactory();
  }

  // Instance methods.
  // -------------------------------------------------------------------

  /**
   * Returns an unbound client socket.
   *
   * @return The new, unbound socket.
   */
  public Socket createSocket() throws IOException
  {
    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
  }

  /**
   * Creates a socket connected to a given host on a given port.
   *
   * @param host The hostname to connect to.
   * @param port The port on <i>host</i> to connect to.
   * @return A socket connected to <i>host</i> on <i>port</i>.
   * @throws IOException If a network error occurs.
   * @throws UnknownHostException If <i>host</i> cannot be resolved.
   */
  public abstract Socket createSocket(String host, int port) throws IOException, UnknownHostException;

  /**
   * Creates a socket connected to a given host on a given port,
   * connecting locally to the interface with the given address and port.
   *
   * @param host The hostname to connect to.
   * @param port The port on <i>host</i> to connect to.
   * @param localHost The address of the local interface to bind to.
   * @param localPort The local port to bind to.
   * @return A socket connected to <i>host</i> on <i>port</i>.
   * @throws IOException If a network error occurs.
   * @throws UnknownHostException If <i>host</i> cannot be resolved.
   */
  public abstract Socket createSocket(String host, int port, InetAddress localHost, int localPort) throws IOException, UnknownHostException;

  /**
   * Creates a socket connected to a given host on a given port.
   *
   * @param host The host address to connect to.
   * @param port The port on <i>host</i> to connect to.
   * @return A socket connected to <i>host</i> on <i>port</i>.
   * @throws IOException If a network error occurs.
   */
  public abstract Socket createSocket(InetAddress host, int port) throws IOException;

  /**
   * Creates a socket connected to a given host on a given port,
   * connecting locally to the interface with the given address and port.
   *
   * @param host The host address  to connect to.
   * @param port The port on <i>host</i> to connect to.
   * @param localHost The address of the local interface to bind to.
   * @param localPort The local port to bind to.
   * @return A socket connected to <i>host</i> on <i>port</i>.
   * @throws IOException If a network error occurs.
   */
  public abstract Socket createSocket(InetAddress hast, int port, InetAddress localHost, int localPort) throws IOException;
}