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;
17
18 /**
19 * Factory to create ChannelHandler objects. This factory is used by the
20 * {@link Session#startChannel(ProfileInfo[], ChannelHandlerFactory)}
21 * method to create a new ChannelHandler for the selected profile. Otherwise
22 * the application would have to pass in n ChannelHandler objects for
23 * n ProfileInfo objects passed into the method.
24 *
25 * @author Simon Raess
26 */
27 public interface ChannelHandlerFactory {
28
29 /**
30 * Notifies the factory that the channel creation failed.
31 *
32 * @param code the error code
33 * @param message the error message
34 */
35 void startChannelFailed(int code, String message);
36
37 /**
38 * Requests the factory to create a ChannelHandler for the
39 * specified ProfileInfo.
40 *
41 * @param info the ProfileInfo
42 * @return a new ChannelHandler for that profile
43 */
44 ChannelHandler createChannelHandler(ProfileInfo info);
45
46 }