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* Copyright 2007-2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
*
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package com.sun.sgs.transport;
import com.sun.sgs.nio.channels.AsynchronousByteChannel;
/**
* Interface implemented by objects implementing a connection handler. A
* connection handler is passed to {@link Transport#accept Transport.accept}.
* When a new connection is received by the transport,
* {@link #newConnection newConnection} is invoked with the new I/O channel
* for that connection.
*/
public interface ConnectionHandler {
/**
* Notify the handler that a new connection has been initiated. If an
* exception is thrown the connection will be refused. The implementation
* of this method should return in a timely manner, starting a separate
* thread if necessary to perform any IO on the {@code channel}.
*
* @param channel on which the new connection can communicate.
* @throws Exception if the handler rejects the connection.
*/
void newConnection(AsynchronousByteChannel channel) throws Exception;
/**
* Notify the handler that the transport encountered an unrecoverable
* error and has shutdown.
*/
void shutdown();
}