public interface NetworkChannel extends Channel
A channel that implements this interface is a channel to a network socket. The bind method is used to bind the socket to a local address, the getLocalAddress method returns the address that the socket is bound to, and the setOption and getOption methods are used to set and query socket options. An implementation of this interface should specify the socket options that it supports.
The bind and setOption methods that do not otherwise have a value to return are specified to return the network channel upon which they are invoked. This allows method invocations to be chained. Implementations of this interface should specialize the return type so that method invocations on the implementation class can be chained.
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description |
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NetworkChannel |
bind(SocketAddress
Binds the channel's socket to a local address.
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SocketAddress |
getLocalAddress()
Returns the socket address that this channel's socket is bound to.
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<T> T |
getOption(SocketOption
Returns the value of a socket option.
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<T> NetworkChannel |
setOption(SocketOption
Sets the value of a socket option.
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Set |
supportedOptions()
Returns a set of the socket options supported by this channel.
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NetworkChannelbind(SocketAddress local) throws IOException
This method is used to establish an association between the socket and a local address. Once an association is established then the socket remains bound until the channel is closed. If the local parameter has the value null then the socket will be bound to an address that is assigned automatically.
local - The address to bind the socket, or
null to bind the socket to an automatically assigned socket address
AlreadyBoundException - If the socket is already bound
UnsupportedAddressTypeException - If the type of the given address is not supported
ClosedChannelException - If the channel is closed
IOException - If some other I/O error occurs
SecurityException - If a security manager is installed and it denies an unspecified permission. An implementation of this interface should specify any required permissions.
getLocalAddress()
SocketAddressgetLocalAddress() throws IOException
Where the channel is bound to an Internet Protocol socket address then the return value from this method is of type InetSocketAddress.
null if the channel's socket is not bound
ClosedChannelException - If the channel is closed
IOException - If an I/O error occurs
<T> NetworkChannelsetOption(SocketOption <T> name, T value) throws IOException
T - The type of the socket option value
name - The socket option
value - The value of the socket option. A value of
null may be a valid value for some socket options.
UnsupportedOperationException - If the socket option is not supported by this channel
IllegalArgumentException - If the value is not a valid value for this socket option
ClosedChannelException - If this channel is closed
IOException - If an I/O error occurs
StandardSocketOptions
<T> T getOption(SocketOption<T> name) throws IOException
T - The type of the socket option value
name - The socket option
null may be a valid value for some socket options.
UnsupportedOperationException - If the socket option is not supported by this channel
ClosedChannelException - If this channel is closed
IOException - If an I/O error occurs
StandardSocketOptions
Set<SocketOption <?>> supportedOptions()
This method will continue to return the set of options even after the channel has been closed.