org.jboss.remoting3.spi
Interface RequestHandler

All Superinterfaces:

Closeable, HandleableCloseable<RequestHandler>

public interface RequestHandler
extends HandleableCloseable<RequestHandler>

A request handler.

This is an internal Remoting interface, intended to be implemented only by Remoting internals and protocol implementations. It should not be used or implemented by end-users. Members may be added without notice. Applications should instead use the Client and RequestListener interfaces.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.jboss.remoting3.HandleableCloseable

HandleableCloseable.Key

Method Summary

org.jboss.xnio.Cancellable

receiveRequest(Object request, ReplyHandler replyHandler) Receive a request from a remote system.

Methods inherited from interface org.jboss.remoting3.HandleableCloseable

addCloseHandler, awaitClosed, awaitClosedUninterruptibly, close

Method Detail

receiveRequest

org.jboss.xnio.Cancellable receiveRequest(Object request,
                                          ReplyHandler replyHandler)

Receive a request from a remote system. This method is intended to be called by protocol handlers. If the request cannot be accepted for some reason, the ReplyHandler.handleException(java.io.IOException) method is called immediately.

Parameters:

request - the request

replyHandler - a handler for the reply

Returns:

a reference which may be used to cancel the request