1 /* 2 * Copyright 1999-2004 The Apache Software Foundation 3 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 4 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 5 * You may obtain a copy of the License at 6 * 7 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 8 * 9 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 10 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 11 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or 12 * implied. 13 * 14 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 15 * limitations under the License. 16 */ 17 18 package org.apache.avalon.cornerstone.services.connection; 19 20 import java.io.IOException; 21 import java.net.ProtocolException; 22 import java.net.Socket; 23 24 /** 25 * This interface is the way in which incoming connections are processed. 26 * 27 * @author <a HREF="mailto:dev@avalon.apache.org">Avalon Development Team</a> 28 */ 29 public interface ConnectionHandler 30 { 31 /** 32 * Processes connections as they occur. The handler should not 33 * close the <tt>connection</tt>, the caller will do that. 34 * 35 * @param connection the connection 36 * @exception IOException if an error reading from socket occurs 37 * @exception ProtocolException if an error handling connection occurs 38 */ 39 void handleConnection( Socket connection ) 40 throws IOException, ProtocolException; 41 } 42