- /*
- * Copyright 2001-2004 The Apache Software Foundation
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
- package org.apache.commons.net;
- import java.net.DatagramSocket;
- import java.net.InetAddress;
- import java.net.SocketException;
-
- /***
- * The DatagramSocketFactory interface provides a means for the
- * programmer to control the creation of datagram sockets and
- * provide his own DatagramSocket implementations for use by all
- * classes derived from
- * <a href="org.apache.commons.net.DatagramSocketClient.html">
- * DatagramSocketClient </a>.
- * This allows you to provide your own DatagramSocket implementations and
- * to perform security checks or browser capability requests before
- * creating a DatagramSocket.
- * <p>
- * <p>
- * @author Daniel F. Savarese
- ***/
-
- public interface DatagramSocketFactory
- {
-
- /***
- * Creates a DatagramSocket on the local host at the first available port.
- * <p>
- * @exception SocketException If the socket could not be created.
- ***/
- public DatagramSocket createDatagramSocket() throws SocketException;
-
- /***
- * Creates a DatagramSocket on the local host at a specified port.
- * <p>
- * @param port The port to use for the socket.
- * @exception SocketException If the socket could not be created.
- ***/
- public DatagramSocket createDatagramSocket(int port) throws SocketException;
-
- /***
- * Creates a DatagramSocket at the specified address on the local host
- * at a specified port.
- * <p>
- * @param port The port to use for the socket.
- * @param laddr The local address to use.
- * @exception SocketException If the socket could not be created.
- ***/
- public DatagramSocket createDatagramSocket(int port, InetAddress laddr)
- throws SocketException;
- }