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Interface PacketSenderFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

GenericSenderFactory

public interface PacketSenderFactory

creates PacketSenders based on the external address of their corresponding receivers. Creates PacketSender objects based on the external representation (handler) of their intended receivers. In other words, given the address of a receiver, it returns a PacketSender object that can be used to send packets to that receiver.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
PacketSender	createPacketSender(java.lang.String handler) creates a PacketSender object based on the external address of its intended receiver.

Method Detail

createPacketSender

PacketSender createPacketSender(java.lang.String handler)
                                throws InvalidSenderException

creates a PacketSender object based on the external address of its intended receiver. Creates a PacketSender object based on the external string representation (handler) of its intended receivers. Given the address of a receiver, returns a PacketSender object that can be used to send packets to that receiver.

Implementations may be used through a GenericSenderFactory (see GenericSenderFactory.registerFactory(String,PacketSenderFactory)

Parameters:

handler - receiver's address

Throws:

InvalidSenderException