net.grinder.communication
Interface BlockingSender

All Known Implementing Classes:

ClientSender

public interface BlockingSender

Interface for classes that manage the sending of messages.

Author:

Philip Aston

Nested Class Summary

static class

BlockingSender.NoResponseException Exception indicating that the server chose to send no response back to a blockingSend(Message).

Method Summary

Message	blockingSend(Message message) Send the given message and await a response.
void	shutdown() Cleanly shut down the Sender.

Method Detail

blockingSend

Message blockingSend(Message message)
                     throws CommunicationException

Send the given message and await a response.

The input stream is implementation dependent. This should only be used where the sender can guarantee that the input stream will be free for exclusive use.

Parameters:

message - A Message.

Returns:

The response message.

Throws:

CommunicationException - If an error occurs.

shutdown

void shutdown()

Cleanly shut down the Sender.