org.apache.derby.impl.store.replication.net

Class SocketConnection

java.lang.Object

org.apache.derby.impl.store.replication.net.SocketConnection

public class SocketConnection
extends java.lang.Object

This class encapsulates a Socket connection and has methods that allow to read and write into the Object streams created from this connection.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SocketConnection(java.net.Socket socket) Constructor creates the streams from the socket object passed as parameter.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Object	readMessage() Used to read the object messages that are sent.
void	tearDown() Closes the Socket and the object streams obtained from it.
void	writeMessage(java.lang.Object message) Used to send the object messages across the socket conection.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SocketConnection

public SocketConnection(java.net.Socket socket)
                 throws java.io.IOException

Constructor creates the streams from the socket object passed as parameter.

Parameters:

socket - the Socket object that this class encapsulates.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - If an exception occurs while creating the streams from the socket object.

Method Detail

readMessage

public java.lang.Object readMessage()
                             throws java.lang.ClassNotFoundException,
                                    java.io.IOException

Used to read the object messages that are sent. waits on the input stream until a data is present that can be read and returns this data.

Returns:

the data read from the connection.

Throws:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException - Class of a serialized object cannot be found.

java.io.IOException - if an exception occurs while reading from the stream.

writeMessage

public void writeMessage(java.lang.Object message)
                  throws java.io.IOException

Used to send the object messages across the socket conection.

Parameters:

message - the data to be written into the connection.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an exception occurs while writing into the stream.

tearDown

public void tearDown()
              throws java.io.IOException

Closes the Socket and the object streams obtained from it.

Throws:

java.io.IOException - if an exception occurs while trying to close the socket or the streams.