Rice Pastry API

rice.p2p.splitstream
Interface SplitStream

All Known Implementing Classes:
SplitStreamImpl

public interface SplitStream

The interface defines the methods that a splitStream object must implement. The methods are for creating a channel and for attaching to an already existing channel

Version:
$Id: SplitStream.java,v 1.7 2005/06/06 19:00:58 jeffh Exp $
Author:
Ansley Post, Alan Mislove

Method Summary
 Channel attachChannel(ChannelId id)
          A SplitStream application calls this method to join a channel.
 Channel createChannel(ChannelId id)
          A SplitStream application calls this method when it wishes to distribute content, creating a new channel object.
 Channel[] getChannels()
          Returns all of the channels on this local splitstream
 Environment getEnvironment()
          Gets the Environment attribute of the SplitStream object
 

Method Detail

attachChannel

public Channel attachChannel(ChannelId id)
A SplitStream application calls this method to join a channel.

Parameters:
id - The id of the channel
Returns:
A channel object used for subsequent operations on the desired content stream

createChannel

public Channel createChannel(ChannelId id)
A SplitStream application calls this method when it wishes to distribute content, creating a new channel object.

Parameters:
id - The id of the channel
Returns:
A new channel object

getChannels

public Channel[] getChannels()
Returns all of the channels on this local splitstream

Returns:
All of the channels currently being received by this splitstream

getEnvironment

public Environment getEnvironment()
Gets the Environment attribute of the SplitStream object

Returns:
The Environment value

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