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package hudson.slaves;

import hudson.ExtensionPoint;
import hudson.model.AbstractDescribableImpl;
import hudson.model.TaskListener;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * Factory of {@link ComputerLauncher}.
 *
 * When writing a {@link Cloud} implementation, one needs to dynamically create {@link ComputerLauncher}
 * by supplying a host name. This is the abstraction for that.
 *
 * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
 * @since 1.383
 * @see ComputerLauncher
 */
public abstract class ComputerConnector extends AbstractDescribableImpl<ComputerConnector> implements ExtensionPoint {
    /**
     * Creates a {@link ComputerLauncher} for connecting to the given host.
     *
     * @param host
     *      The host name / IP address of the machine to connect to.
     * @param listener
     *      If 
     */
    public abstract ComputerLauncher launch(String host, TaskListener listener) throws IOException, InterruptedException;

    @Override
    public ComputerConnectorDescriptor getDescriptor() {
        return (ComputerConnectorDescriptor)super.getDescriptor();
    }
}