ServerConnManager.java

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package com.sun.jini.jeri.internal.connection;

import net.jini.jeri.RequestDispatcher;
import net.jini.jeri.connection.ServerConnection;
import net.jini.jeri.connection.ServerConnectionManager;

/**
 * Defines interface for internal pluggable counterparts of
 * {@link ServerConnectionManager}.
 *
 * @author Sun Microsystems, Inc.
 * @since 2.0
 */
public interface ServerConnManager {

    /**
     * Enqueues a newly accepted server-side connection for asynchronous
     * processing of inbound requests using the specified request dispatcher,
     * and then returns immediately.  This method is equivalent in function to
     * {@link ServerConnectionManager#handleConnection}, except that it is not
     * tied to the Jini ERI runtime; implementations may utilize an alternate
     * set of mechanisms for processing requests.
     *
     * @param conn the server connection
     * @param dispatcher the request dispatcher
     * @throws NullPointerException if either argument is <code>null</code>
     */
    void handleConnection(ServerConnection conn, RequestDispatcher dispatcher);
}