/*
* This file is part of the QuickServer library
* Copyright (C) 2003-2005 QuickServer.org
*
* Use, modification, copying and distribution of this software is subject to
* the terms and conditions of the GNU Lesser General Public License.
* You should have received a copy of the GNU LGP License along with this
* library; if not, you can download a copy from <http://www.quickserver.org/>.
*
* For questions, suggestions, bug-reports, enhancement-requests etc.
* visit http://www.quickserver.org
*
*/
package org.quickserver.net.client;
import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;
/**
* Interface that represents client socket services.
* @author Akshathkumar Shetty
* @since 1.4.7
*/
public interface ClientService {
//modes
public static final int BLOCKING = 1;
public static final int NON_BLOCKING = 2;
/**
* Returns the client mode.
*/
public int getMode();
/** Connects this socket to the server. */
public void connect(String host, int port) throws IOException;
/** Returns the connection state of the socket. */
public boolean isConnected();
/** Closes this socket.*/
public void close() throws IOException;
/** Send binary data */
public void sendBinary(byte[] data) throws IOException;
/** Send bytes (String) */
public void sendBytes(String data) throws IOException;
/** Send String appended with \r\n */
public void sendString(String data) throws IOException;
/** Send object */
public void sendObject(Object data) throws IOException;
/** Read binary data */
public byte[] readBinary() throws IOException;
/** Read bytes (String) */
public String readBytes() throws IOException;
/** Read String appended with \r\n */
public String readString() throws IOException;
/** Read String appended */
public Object readObject() throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException;
/** Returns the Socket class that is used to communicate .*/
public Socket getSocket();
}
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