Package org.xj3d.core.eventmodel

Interface NetworkProtocolHandler

All Known Implementing Classes:

DISProtocolHandler, DISXMLProtocolHandler

public interface NetworkProtocolHandler

A handler for a specific network protocol.

Version:

$Revision: 1.2 $

Author:

Alan Hudson

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addNode(VRMLNetworkInterfaceNodeType node)	Add a network node to the management system.
void	clear()	Force clearing all currently managed nodes from this manager now.
String	getProtocol()	Get the protocol this handler supports.
void	processNetworkTraffic()	Process network traffic now.
void	removeNode(VRMLNetworkInterfaceNodeType node)	Remove a network node from the management system.
void	setErrorReporter(org.j3d.util.ErrorReporter reporter)	Register an error reporter with the manager so that any errors generated by the loading of script code can be reported in a nice, pretty fashion.
void	shutdown()	Shutdown the protocol handler now.

Method Details

getProtocol

String getProtocol()

Get the protocol this handler supports.

Returns:

the protocol this handler supports

setErrorReporter

void setErrorReporter(org.j3d.util.ErrorReporter reporter)

Register an error reporter with the manager so that any errors generated by the loading of script code can be reported in a nice, pretty fashion. Setting a value of null will clear the currently set reporter. If one is already set, the new value replaces the old.

Parameters:

reporter - The instance to use or null

processNetworkTraffic

void processNetworkTraffic()

Process network traffic now.

addNode

void addNode(VRMLNetworkInterfaceNodeType node)

Add a network node to the management system.

Parameters:

node - The instance to add to this manager

removeNode

void removeNode(VRMLNetworkInterfaceNodeType node)

Remove a network node from the management system.

Parameters:

node - The instance to add to this manager

clear

void clear()

Force clearing all currently managed nodes from this manager now. This is used to indicate that a new world is about to be loaded and everything should be cleaned out now.

shutdown

void shutdown()

Shutdown the protocol handler now. If this is using any external resources it should remove those now as the entire application is about to die