org.xnio.channels
Interface WritableMultipointMessageChannel

All Superinterfaces:

Channel, Closeable, CloseableChannel, Configurable, InterruptibleChannel, SuspendableWriteChannel

All Known Subinterfaces:

BoundMultipointMessageChannel, MulticastMessageChannel, MultipointMessageChannel

public interface WritableMultipointMessageChannel
extends SuspendableWriteChannel

The writable side of a multipoint message channel.

See Also:

MultipointMessageChannel

Method Summary

ChannelListener.Setter<? extends WritableMultipointMessageChannel>	getCloseSetter() Get the setter which can be used to change the close listener for this channel.
ChannelListener.Setter<? extends WritableMultipointMessageChannel>	getWriteSetter() Get the setter which can be used to change the write listener for this channel.
boolean	sendTo(SocketAddress target, ByteBuffer buffer) Send a buffer to a destination.
boolean	sendTo(SocketAddress target, ByteBuffer[] buffers) Send a message with data from multiple buffers to a destination.
boolean	sendTo(SocketAddress target, ByteBuffer[] buffers, int offset, int length) Send a message with data from multiple buffers to a destination.

Methods inherited from interface org.xnio.channels.SuspendableWriteChannel

awaitWritable, awaitWritable, close, flush, getWriteThread, isWriteResumed, resumeWrites, shutdownWrites, suspendWrites, wakeupWrites

Methods inherited from interface org.xnio.channels.CloseableChannel

getWorker

Methods inherited from interface java.nio.channels.Channel

isOpen

Methods inherited from interface org.xnio.channels.Configurable

getOption, setOption, supportsOption

Method Detail

sendTo

boolean sendTo(SocketAddress target,
               ByteBuffer buffer)
               throws IOException

Send a buffer to a destination.

Parameters:

target - the destination

buffer - the data to send

Returns:

true if the message was sent, or false if the channel is not currently writable

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

sendTo

boolean sendTo(SocketAddress target,
               ByteBuffer[] buffers)
               throws IOException

Send a message with data from multiple buffers to a destination.

Parameters:

target - the destination

buffers - the data to send

Returns:

true if the message was sent, or false if the channel is not currently writable

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

sendTo

boolean sendTo(SocketAddress target,
               ByteBuffer[] buffers,
               int offset,
               int length)
               throws IOException

Send a message with data from multiple buffers to a destination.

Parameters:

target - the destination

buffers - the data to send

offset - the offset into the buffers array

length - the number of buffers to read from

Returns:

true if the message was sent, or false if the channel is not currently writable

Throws:

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

getWriteSetter

ChannelListener.Setter<? extends WritableMultipointMessageChannel> getWriteSetter()

Get the setter which can be used to change the write listener for this channel. When the listener is called, additional notifications are automatically suspended.

Specified by:

getWriteSetter in interface SuspendableWriteChannel

Returns:

the setter

getCloseSetter

ChannelListener.Setter<? extends WritableMultipointMessageChannel> getCloseSetter()

Get the setter which can be used to change the close listener for this channel. If the channel is already closed, then the listener will not be called.

Specified by:

getCloseSetter in interface CloseableChannel

Specified by:

getCloseSetter in interface SuspendableWriteChannel

Returns:

the setter