lejos.nxt.comm
Class NXTCommConnector

java.lang.Object
  lejos.nxt.comm.NXTCommConnector

public abstract class NXTCommConnector
extends Object

Standard interface to connect/wait for a connection.

Author:

andy

Constructor Summary

NXTCommConnector()

Method Summary

abstract boolean	cancel() Cancel a connection attempt.
abstract NXTConnection	connect(String target, int mode) Open a connection to the specified name/address using the given I/O mode
abstract NXTConnection	waitForConnection(int timeout, int mode) Wait for an incoming connection, or for the request to timeout.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

NXTCommConnector

public NXTCommConnector()

Method Detail

connect

public abstract NXTConnection connect(String target,
                                      int mode)

Open a connection to the specified name/address using the given I/O mode

Parameters:

target - The name or address of the device/host to connect to.

mode - The I/O mode to use for this connection

Returns:

A NXTConnection object for the new connection or null if error.

waitForConnection

public abstract NXTConnection waitForConnection(int timeout,
                                                int mode)

Wait for an incoming connection, or for the request to timeout.

Parameters:

timeout - Time in ms to wait for the connection to be made

mode - I/O mode to be used for the accepted connection.

Returns:

A NXTConnection object for the new connection or null if error.

cancel

public abstract boolean cancel()

Cancel a connection attempt.

Returns:

true if the connection attempt has been aborted.