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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.net.SocketAddress;
19  import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
20  
21  /**
22   * The TransportContext defines the methods that a Transport implementation
23   * can use to notify the BEEP implementation about important events. 
24   * 
25   * @author Simon Raess
26   */
27  public interface TransportContext {
28  
29  	/**
30  	 * Notifies the context that the physical connection has
31  	 * been established. This allows the BEEP peer to start initializing the
32  	 * BEEP session by sending the greeting.
33  	 * 
34  	 * @param address the SocketAddress of the remote peer
35  	 */
36  	void connectionEstablished(SocketAddress address);
37  
38  	/**
39  	 * Invoked by the Transport to notify the context about an exception
40  	 * that has been caught while sending or processing a message.
41  	 * 
42  	 * @param cause the causing exception
43  	 */
44  	void exceptionCaught(Throwable cause);
45  
46  	/**
47  	 * Invoked by the Transport whenever new content has been received.
48  	 * This method is invoked whenever a new chunk of bytes arrives.
49  	 * There is no guarantee whatsoever that the received buffer contains
50  	 * a full message. Only the application knows what constitutes a 
51  	 * message.
52  	 * 
53  	 * @param buffer the received bytes
54  	 */
55  	void messageReceived(ByteBuffer buffer);
56  	
57  	/**
58  	 * Invoked by the Transport when the underlying physical connection
59  	 * has been closed.
60  	 */
61  	void connectionClosed();
62  
63  }