com.createtank.elemenope
Interface Connector

All Superinterfaces:

ElemenopeComponent, ElemenopeConnectionEntity

All Known Implementing Classes:

DirectCallConnector, JmsQueueConnector, SoapClientConnector, SynchronousJmsQueueConnector, XmlRpcClientConnector, XmlRpcEnterpriseConnector, XmlRpcServerConnector

public interface Connector
extends ElemenopeComponent, ElemenopeConnectionEntity

interface for all Connector classes.

Author:

John Joseph Roets [joe@createtank.com]

Method Summary

void	connect() makes initial connection to entity
void	disconnect() closes connection to entity
java.lang.Object	getConnection() Get connection implementation specific object.
boolean	isActive() May be used by DispatcherFailover [DFO] implementations to ascertain whether a connection is currently viable.
void	start() starts the connection to entity
void	stop() stops the connection to entity

Methods inherited from interface com.createtank.elemenope.ElemenopeComponent

releaseComponents, setComponents, setConfigurationAttributes

Methods inherited from interface com.createtank.elemenope.ElemenopeConnectionEntity

getConnectionAttributes, setConnectionAttributes

Method Detail

getConnection

java.lang.Object getConnection()
                               throws ElemenopeException

Get connection implementation specific object.

Used by some implementations to pass connection for use by Broker or Dispatcher.

Returns:

connection implementation specific object.

Throws:

ElemenopeException

connect

void connect()
             throws ElemenopeConnectionException

makes initial connection to entity

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - Exception thrown when problems occur connecting.

ElemenopeConnectionException

disconnect

void disconnect()
                throws ElemenopeConnectionException

closes connection to entity

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - Exception thrown when problems occur connecting.

ElemenopeConnectionException

start

void start()
           throws ElemenopeConnectionException

starts the connection to entity

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - Exception thrown when problems occur starting the connection.

ElemenopeConnectionException

stop

void stop()
          throws ElemenopeConnectionException

stops the connection to entity

Throws:

java.lang.Exception - Exception thrown when problems occur starting the connection.

ElemenopeConnectionException

isActive

boolean isActive()

May be used by DispatcherFailover [DFO] implementations to ascertain whether a connection is currently viable.

Returns:

Is connection active?