/*
* This file is part of aion-emu <aion-emu.com>.
*
* aion-emu is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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*
* aion-emu is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
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*/
package com.aionemu.commons.network;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.channels.SocketChannel;
/**
* This interface defines a factory for connection implementations.<br>
* It is used by the class {@link com.aionemu.commons.network.Acceptor Acceptor} to create actual connection
* implementations.<br>
*
* @author -Nemesiss-
* @see com.aionemu.commons.network.Acceptor
*
*/
public interface ConnectionFactory
{
/**
* Create a new {@link com.aionemu.commons.network.AConnection AConnection} instance.<br>
*
* @param socket
* that new {@link com.aionemu.commons.network.AConnection AConnection} instance will represent.<br>
* @param dispatcher
* to wich new connection will be registered.<br>
* @return a new instance of {@link com.aionemu.commons.network.AConnection AConnection}<br>
* @throws IOException
* @see com.aionemu.commons.network.AConnection
* @see com.aionemu.commons.network.Dispatcher
*/
public AConnection create(SocketChannel socket, Dispatcher dispatcher) throws IOException;
}