| /* |
| * Copyright (c) 2007-2012, 2015, 2016 Eike Stepper (Loehne, Germany) and others. |
| * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials |
| * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 |
| * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at |
| * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: |
| * Eike Stepper - initial API and implementation |
| */ |
| package org.eclipse.net4j.acceptor; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.net4j.ILocationAware.Location; |
| import org.eclipse.net4j.connector.IConnector; |
| import org.eclipse.net4j.util.collection.Closeable; |
| import org.eclipse.net4j.util.container.IContainer; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.spi.net4j.Acceptor; |
| |
| /** |
| * Accepts incoming connection requests from {@link Location#CLIENT client} {@link IConnector connectors} and creates |
| * the appropriate {@link Location#SERVER server} connectors. |
| * <p> |
| * Since the process of accepting connection requests is heavily dependent on the implementation of the respective |
| * connectors the only public API is introspection and notification. |
| * <p> |
| * This interface is <b>not</b> intended to be implemented by clients. Service providers <b>must</b> extend the abstract |
| * {@link Acceptor} class. |
| * |
| * @author Eike Stepper |
| * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients. |
| */ |
| public interface IAcceptor extends IContainer<IConnector>, Closeable |
| { |
| /** |
| * Returns an array of the connectors that have been accepted by this acceptor and not been closed since. |
| */ |
| public IConnector[] getAcceptedConnectors(); |
| } |
