| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2010 IBM Corporation 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: |
| * IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation |
| *******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.debug.core.jsdi.connect; |
| |
| import java.io.IOException; |
| import java.util.Map; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.debug.core.jsdi.VirtualMachine; |
| |
| /** |
| * Description of a {@link Connector} that waits and listens for a {@link VirtualMachine} |
| * to connect to it. |
| * |
| * Clients can implement or extend this interface. |
| * |
| * @see Argument |
| * @see Connector |
| * @see VirtualMachine |
| * @since 1.0 |
| */ |
| public interface ListeningConnector extends Connector { |
| |
| /** |
| * Listens for a {@link VirtualMachine} to connect to with the given map of arguments.<br> |
| * <br> |
| * This method cannot return <code>null</code>. If the connector cannot accept the |
| * connection from the {@link VirtualMachine} an {@link IOException} is thrown. |
| * |
| * @param arguments the map of connection arguments which cannot be <code>null</code> |
| * |
| * @return the {@link VirtualMachine} that has been accepted never <code>null</code> |
| * @throws IOException if the {@link Connector} failed to accept the connection |
| */ |
| public VirtualMachine accept(Map arguments) throws IOException; |
| } |
