1 /*
2 * Copyright 2006 Simon Raess
3 *
4 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
7 *
8 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9 *
10 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14 * limitations under the License.
15 */
16 package net.sf.beep4j.transport;
17
18 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
19
20 /**
21 * The Transport interface has to be implemented by the transport
22 * layer
23 *
24 * @author Simon Raess
25 */
26 public interface Transport {
27
28 /**
29 * Sends the passed in bytes to the other peer.
30 *
31 * @param buffer the ByteBuffer holding the bytes to be transfered
32 */
33 void sendBytes(ByteBuffer buffer);
34
35 /**
36 * Instructs the transport layer to close the connection.
37 */
38 void closeTransport();
39
40 }