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 import java.io.IOException;
19 import java.net.SocketAddress;
20
21 /**
22 * An interface whose implementations allow to listen for BEEP sessions.
23 *
24 * @author Simon Raess
25 */
26 public interface Listener extends Peer {
27
28 /**
29 * Binds the given SocketAddress. Whenever a new SessionHandler
30 * is created with the SessionHandlerFactory whenever a new
31 * session is created.
32 *
33 * @param address the address
34 * @param factory the factory used to create SessionHandlers
35 * @throws IOException if binding the address fails
36 */
37 void bind(SocketAddress address, SessionHandlerFactory factory) throws IOException;
38
39 }