org.mule.transport.tcp
Interface TcpProtocol

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractByteProtocol, CustomClassLoadingLengthProtocol, DirectProtocol, EOFProtocol, LengthProtocol, MuleMessageDirectProtocol, MuleMessageEOFProtocol, MuleMessageLengthProtocol, MuleMessageSafeProtocol, SafeProtocol, StreamingProtocol, XmlMessageEOFProtocol, XmlMessageProtocol

public interface TcpProtocol

The TcpProtocol interface enables to plug different application level protocols on a TcpConnector. Note that this interface has lost the direct byte array write method. Standard callers should (and will, since it matches the same signature, which is why the method has not been deprecated) use the generic method instead..

Method Summary

ResponseOutputStream	createResponse(Socket socket) This lets protocols encode a response stream.
Object	read(InputStream is) Reads the input stream and returns a whole message.
void	write(OutputStream os, Object data) Write the specified message to the output stream.

Method Detail

read

Object read(InputStream is)
            throws IOException

Reads the input stream and returns a whole message.

Parameters:

is - the input stream

Returns:

an array of byte containing a full message

Throws:

IOException - if an exception occurs

write

void write(OutputStream os,
           Object data)
           throws IOException

Write the specified message to the output stream.

Parameters:

os - the output stream to write to

data - the data to write

Throws:

IOException - if an exception occurs

createResponse

ResponseOutputStream createResponse(Socket socket)
                                    throws IOException

This lets protocols encode a response stream. If the protocol does not support a response stream (ie does not support streaming) then the stream should thrown an exception when used.

Parameters:

socket - The destination to write to

Returns:

A stream whose output will be encoded

Throws:

IOException