net.sf.sshapi

Interface SshProviderFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultProviderFactory

public interface SshProviderFactory

Implementations are responsible for creating SshProvider instances. This is the start of all interaction with the SSH API.

The DefaultProviderFactory implementation should be enough for most peoples needs, but this interface is used to allow custom provider handling.

See Also:

DefaultProviderFactory

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
SshProvider	getProvider(SshConfiguration configuration) Create a new SshProvider using a specified configuration.

Method Detail

getProvider

SshProvider getProvider(SshConfiguration configuration)

Create a new SshProvider using a specified configuration. Each provider will be offered the configuration to see if it can support it. If more than one provider can support the configuration, the actual one used will depend on the factory implementation.

Parameters:

configuration - configuration

Returns:

provider

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalStateException - if no providers are available

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if no provider supports the configuration