ExternalListenerManager


1   /**
2    * PETALS - PETALS Services Platform.
3    * Copyright (c) 2006 EBM Websourcing, http://www.ebmwebsourcing.com/
4    *
5    * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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11   * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
12   * Lesser General Public License for more details.
13   *
14   * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
15   * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
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17   *
18   * -------------------------------------------------------------------------
19   * $Id: ExternalListenerManager.java 154 27 sept. 06 ofabre $
20   * -------------------------------------------------------------------------
21   */
22  package org.objectweb.petals.component.common.basic.binding;
23  
24  /**
25   * This manager is used to enable a binding component to handle external service
26   * call. It defines methods to register and unregister listeners for external
27   * services.
28   * <p>
29   * This interface have to be implemented if the related binding component is
30   * used to listen to incoming messages from external services, in order to
31   * forward these messages to internal JBI Components.
32   * 
33   * @author ofabre - EBM Websourcing
34   * 
35   */
36  public interface ExternalListenerManager {
37  
38      /**
39       * Start a listener for the given address.
40       * 
41       * @param address
42       *            the external address to listen to.
43       * @throws Exception
44       *             if an error occurs during listener starting
45       */
46      public void startListening(String   address) throws Exception  ;
47  
48      /**
49       * Stop a listener for the given address.
50       * 
51       * @param address
52       *            the external address to listen to.
53       */
54      public void stopListening(String   address);
55  
56  }
57
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