IMessageSender

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseMessageSender, JsonMessageSender, SerializedMessageSender, StdoutMessageSender, StringMessageSender
```
public interface IMessageSender
```

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`connect()`
`void`	`initReceiver()`	Initialize the receiver.
`IMessage`	`receiveMessage()`	Will return null or throw EOFException when the connection has been severed.
`void`	`sendAck()`
`void`	`sendMessage(IMessage message)`
`void`	`sendStop()`
`void`	`shutDown()`
`void`	`stopReceiver()`	Stop the receiver.

- Method Detail
  - connect
```
void connect()
      throws java.io.IOException
```
    Throws:
    
    java.io.IOException
  - initReceiver
```
void initReceiver()
           throws java.net.SocketTimeoutException
```
    Initialize the receiver. the underlying socket server will be polling until a first client connect.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.net.SocketException - This exception will be thrown if a connection to the remote TestNG instance could not be established after ten seconds.
    
    java.net.SocketTimeoutException
  - stopReceiver
```
void stopReceiver()
```
    Stop the receiver. it provides a way that allow the API invoker to stop the receiver, e.g. break from a dead while loop
  - sendMessage
```
void sendMessage(IMessage message)
          throws java.lang.Exception
```
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.Exception
  - receiveMessage
```
IMessage receiveMessage()
                 throws java.lang.Exception
```
    Will return null or throw EOFException when the connection has been severed.
    
    Throws:
    
    java.lang.Exception
  - shutDown
```
void shutDown()
```
  - sendAck
```
void sendAck()
```
  - sendStop
```
void sendStop()
```