Type Parameters:

PORT - The actual Port type to use.

PM - The actual PortMetrics type to use.

All Known Implementing Classes:

CrossoverLoopbackPortHub, LoopbackPortHub
```
public interface PortHub<PORT extends Port<PM>,PM extends PortMetrics>
```
A PortHub implementation is used to retrieve Port instances of a given type (e.g. TTY-/COM-Ports).

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`PORT[]`	`ports()`	Lists the available ports of the system.
`default PORT[]`	`ports(String aPattern)`	Returns the available ports of the system which's `AliasAccessor.getAlias()` matches the given pattern.
`default PORT`	`toPort(String aAlias)`	Returns the `Port` identified by the given alias.

- Method Detail
  - ports
```
PORT[] ports()
      throws IOException
```
    Lists the available ports of the system.
    
    Returns:
    
    An array of available Port instances, if there are no ports than an empty array (size 0) is returned.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - Thrown in case accessing the list of Port instances failed due to I/O problems.
  - toPort
```
default PORT toPort(String aAlias)
             throws NoSuchPortExcpetion,
                    IOException
```
    Returns the Port identified by the given alias.
    
    Parameters:
    
    aAlias - The alias identifying the given Port.
    
    Returns:
    
    The given Port.
    
    Throws:
    
    NoSuchPortExcpetion - thrown in case there is no such port found.
    
    IOException - Thrown in case accessing the list of Port instances failed due to I/O problems.
  - ports
```
default PORT[] ports(String aPattern)
              throws IOException
```
    Returns the available ports of the system which's AliasAccessor.getAlias() matches the given pattern.
    
    Parameters:
    
    aPattern - The pattern of the AliasAccessor.getAlias() to match. A "*" stands for any chars, "?" stands for a single name (similar to filename wildcards).
    
    Returns:
    
    An array of available Port instances which's AliasAccessor.getAlias() matches the given pattern or an empty array (size = 0) if there are none such ports.
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - Thrown in case accessing the list of Port instances failed due to I/O problems.

Interface PortHub<PORT extends Port<PM>,​PM extends PortMetrics>

Method Summary

Method Detail

ports

toPort

ports

Interface PortHub<PORT extends Port<PM>,PM extends PortMetrics>