Interface AFProtocolFamily

All Superinterfaces:

ProtocolFamily

All Known Implementing Classes:

AFUNIXProtocolFamily

public interface AFProtocolFamily
extends ProtocolFamily

A junixsocket-based protocol family.

Author:

Christian Kohlschütter

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
AFDatagramChannel<?>	openDatagramChannel()	Creates a new datagram channel compatible with this protocol family.
AFServerSocketChannel<?>	openServerSocketChannel()	Creates a new server socket channel compatible with this protocol family.
AFSocketChannel<?>	openSocketChannel()	Creates a new socket channel compatible with this protocol family.

Methods inherited from interface ProtocolFamily

name

Method Details

openDatagramChannel

AFDatagramChannel<?> openDatagramChannel()
                                  throws IOException

Creates a new datagram channel compatible with this protocol family.

Returns:

A new datagram channel.

Throws:

IOException - on error.

openServerSocketChannel

AFServerSocketChannel<?> openServerSocketChannel()
                                          throws IOException

Creates a new server socket channel compatible with this protocol family.

Returns:

A new server socket channel.

Throws:

IOException - on error.

openSocketChannel

AFSocketChannel<?> openSocketChannel()
                              throws IOException

Creates a new socket channel compatible with this protocol family.

Returns:

A new socket channel.

Throws:

IOException - on error.