edu.utah.janosvm.kit.comm.jsi
Interface JSIChannel

All Known Implementing Classes:

TCPChannel, NativePlexChannel

public interface JSIChannel

A communication channel for sending/receiving JSI messages.

Method Summary

void	disconnect() Disconnect the channel from its peer.
byte[]	recvMessage() Receive a flattened message from the peer.
void	replyMessage(byte[] msg) Send a reply message to the peer.
void	sendMessage(byte[] msg) Send a message to the peer.

Method Detail

disconnect

public void disconnect()

Disconnect the channel from its peer.

sendMessage

public void sendMessage(byte[] msg)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Send a message to the peer.

Parameters:

msg - A flattened JSI message.

Throws:

Throws - an IOException if something went wrong.

replyMessage

public void replyMessage(byte[] msg)
                  throws java.io.IOException

Send a reply message to the peer.

Parameters:

msg - A flattened JSI message.

Throws:

Throws - an IOException if something went wrong.

recvMessage

public byte[] recvMessage()
                   throws java.io.IOException

Receive a flattened message from the peer.

Returns:

The flattened message or null if the channel is no longer connected.

Throws:

Throws - an IOException if something went wrong.