Package org.xj3d.core.eventmodel

Interface NetworkManager

All Superinterfaces:

NodeManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultNetworkManager

public interface NetworkManager
extends NodeManager

The manager of network interactions.

The implementation encapsulates all network protocols. A handler can be registered for each protocol desired.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Author:

Alan Hudson

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	addProtocolHandler(NetworkProtocolHandler nph)	Register a new protocol handler instance.
void	removeProtocolHandler(NetworkProtocolHandler nph)	Remove a previously registered protocol handler.

Methods inherited from interface org.xj3d.core.eventmodel.NodeManager

addManagedNode, clear, evaluatePostEventModel, evaluatePreEventModel, executePostEventModel, executePreEventModel, getManagedNodeTypes, getSupportedComponents, initialize, removeManagedNode, resetTimeZero, setErrorReporter, setVRMLClock, shutdown

Method Details

addProtocolHandler

boolean addProtocolHandler(NetworkProtocolHandler nph)

Register a new protocol handler instance. If a handler has been registered for the given protocol type, this request is ignored and a value of false is returned.

Parameters:

nph - The new protocol handler instance to use

Returns:

false if a handler is already registered, true otherwise

removeProtocolHandler

void removeProtocolHandler(NetworkProtocolHandler nph)

Remove a previously registered protocol handler. If a this handler instance has not been registered previously, the request is silently ignored.

Parameters:

nph - The protocol handler instance to remove