/****************************************************************************
* Copyright (c) 2004 Composent, Inc. and others.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* Composent, Inc. - initial API and implementation
*****************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.ecf.provider.comm;
import java.io.IOException;
import org.eclipse.ecf.core.identity.ID;
/**
* Asynchronous connection
*
*/
public interface IAsynchConnection extends IConnection {
/**
* Send data asynchronously. Implementing classes should not block on
* sending the given data and return immediately.
*
* @param receiver
* the ID of the intended receiver
* @param data
* the data to send
* @throws IOException
* thrown if data cannot be sent (e.g. disconnected)
*/
public void sendAsynch(ID receiver, byte[] data) throws IOException;
}