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

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultSocketFactory, TLSSocketFactory

public interface SocketFactory

The interface used to create client sockets.

Author:

Peter Donald

Method Summary

java.net.Socket	createSocket(java.net.InetAddress address, int port) Create a socket and connect to remote address specified.
java.net.Socket	createSocket(java.net.InetAddress address, int port, java.net.InetAddress localAddress, int localPort) Create a socket and connect to remote address specified originating from specified local address.

Method Detail

createSocket

public java.net.Socket createSocket(java.net.InetAddress address,
                                    int port)
                             throws java.io.IOException

Create a socket and connect to remote address specified.

Parameters:

address - the remote address

port - the remote port

Returns:

the socket

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error occurs

createSocket

public java.net.Socket createSocket(java.net.InetAddress address,
                                    int port,
                                    java.net.InetAddress localAddress,
                                    int localPort)
                             throws java.io.IOException

Create a socket and connect to remote address specified originating from specified local address.

Parameters:

address - the remote address

port - the remote port

localAddress - the local address

localPort - the local port

Returns:

the socket

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an error occurs