Package org.refcodes.component

Interface BidirectionalConnectionOpenableHandle<H,INPUT,OUTPUT>

Type Parameters:

H - The type of the handle.

INPUT - The type of the input connection to be used.

OUTPUT - The type of the output connection to be used.

All Known Subinterfaces:

BidirectionalConnectionOpenableHandle.BidirectionalConnectionOpenAutomatonHandle<H,INPUT,OUTPUT>

public interface BidirectionalConnectionOpenableHandle<H,INPUT,OUTPUT>

The BidirectionalConnectionOpenableHandle interface defines those methods related to the handle based open/connect life-cycle.

The handle reference requires the BidirectionalConnectionOpenable interface to be implemented.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface	Description
static interface	BidirectionalConnectionOpenableHandle.BidirectionalConnectionOpenAutomatonHandle<H,INPUT,OUTPUT>	The BidirectionalConnectionOpenableHandle.BidirectionalConnectionOpenAutomatonHandle interface defines those methods related to the handle based open/connect life-cycle.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	hasBidirectionalConnectionOpenable(H aHandle)	Determines whether the handle reference is BidirectionalConnectionOpenable by implementing the BidirectionalConnectionOpenable interface.
void	open(H aHandle, INPUT aInputConnection, OUTPUT aOutputConnection)	Open/connect the component identified by the given handle.

Method Detail

hasBidirectionalConnectionOpenable

boolean hasBidirectionalConnectionOpenable(H aHandle)
                                    throws UnknownHandleRuntimeException

Determines whether the handle reference is BidirectionalConnectionOpenable by implementing the BidirectionalConnectionOpenable interface.

Parameters:

aHandle - The handle to test whether the reference provides the according functionality.

Returns:

True in case the reference provides the according functionality.

Throws:

UnknownHandleRuntimeException - in case the handle is unknown.

open

void open(H aHandle,
          INPUT aInputConnection,
          OUTPUT aOutputConnection)
   throws OpenException,
          UnknownHandleRuntimeException,
          UnsupportedHandleOperationRuntimeException,
          IllegalHandleStateChangeRuntimeException

Open/connect the component identified by the given handle.

Parameters:

aHandle - The handle identifying the component.

aInputConnection - The input connection used for opening the connection.

aOutputConnection - The output connection used for opening the connection.

Throws:

OpenException - in case opening/connecting fails.

UnknownHandleRuntimeException - in case the given handle is unknown.

UnsupportedHandleOperationRuntimeException - in case the reference of the handle does not support the requested operation.

IllegalHandleStateChangeRuntimeException - Thrown in case a state change is not possible due to the current state the referenced component is in.