p2ps.pipe
Interface OutputPipe

All Known Subinterfaces:

BidirectionalPipe

All Known Implementing Classes:

BidirectionalPipeImp, OutputPipeImp, ReplyPipe

public interface OutputPipe

An interface to an input pipe.

Version:

$Revision: 295 $

Author:

Ian Wang

Method Summary

void	close() Closes the pipe
Endpoint[]	getEndpoints()
java.lang.String	getPipeID()
java.lang.String	getPipeName()
java.net.URI	getSendURI()
boolean	isClosed()
java.lang.String	send(byte[] message) Sends a message from the pipe.

Method Detail

getPipeID

public java.lang.String getPipeID()

Returns:

the id of the pipe

getPipeName

public java.lang.String getPipeName()

Returns:

the name of the pipe

getEndpoints

public Endpoint[] getEndpoints()

Returns:

the endpoints for the pipe

getSendURI

public java.net.URI getSendURI()

Returns:

the uri sent to by this pipe (null if unknown)

send

public java.lang.String send(byte[] message)
                      throws java.io.IOException

Sends a message from the pipe. For bidirectional pipes the send id returned can be used to match replies with the original send.

Returns:

the send id for the message (possibly null).

Throws:

java.io.IOException

close

public void close()
           throws java.io.IOException

Closes the pipe

Throws:

java.io.IOException

isClosed

public boolean isClosed()

Returns:

true if the pipe is closed