org.apache.avalon.cornerstone.services.sockets
Interface ServerSocketFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultServerSocketFactory, TLSServerSocketFactory

public interface ServerSocketFactory

The interface used to create server sockets.

Author:

Peter Donald

Method Summary

java.net.ServerSocket	createServerSocket(int port) Creates a socket on specified port.
java.net.ServerSocket	createServerSocket(int port, int backLog) Creates a socket on specified port with a specified backLog.
java.net.ServerSocket	createServerSocket(int port, int backLog, java.net.InetAddress bindAddress) Creates a socket on a particular network interface on specified port with a specified backLog.

Method Detail

createServerSocket

public java.net.ServerSocket createServerSocket(int port)
                                         throws java.io.IOException

Creates a socket on specified port.

Parameters:

port - the port

Returns:

the created ServerSocket

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error occurs

createServerSocket

public java.net.ServerSocket createServerSocket(int port,
                                                int backLog)
                                         throws java.io.IOException

Creates a socket on specified port with a specified backLog.

Parameters:

port - the port

backLog - the backLog

Returns:

the created ServerSocket

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error occurs

createServerSocket

public java.net.ServerSocket createServerSocket(int port,
                                                int backLog,
                                                java.net.InetAddress bindAddress)
                                         throws java.io.IOException

Creates a socket on a particular network interface on specified port with a specified backLog.

Parameters:

port - the port

backLog - the backLog

bindAddress - the network interface to bind to.

Returns:

the created ServerSocket

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error occurs