org.openorb.orb.net
Interface SocketFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

ConfiguredSocketFactory

public interface SocketFactory

An abstraction for creating sockets.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $ $Date: 2003/10/29 14:50:08 $

Author:

Richard G Clark

Method Summary

java.net.ServerSocket	createServerSocket(java.net.InetAddress host, int port) Creates a new socket listening to the specified host and port.
java.net.Socket	createSocket(java.net.InetAddress host, int port) Creates a new socket to the specified host and port.

Method Detail

createSocket

java.net.Socket createSocket(java.net.InetAddress host,
                             int port)
                             throws java.io.IOException

Creates a new socket to the specified host and port.

Parameters:

host - the remote host

port - the remote port

Returns:

a configured Socket instance.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs when creating the socket.

createServerSocket

java.net.ServerSocket createServerSocket(java.net.InetAddress host,
                                         int port)
                                         throws java.io.IOException

Creates a new socket listening to the specified host and port.

Parameters:

host - the local host

port - the local port

Returns:

a configured ServerSocket instance.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an I/O error occurs when creating the socket.