arlut.csd.ganymede.rmi

Interface FileTransmitter

All Superinterfaces:

java.rmi.Remote

All Known Implementing Classes:

XMLTransmitter

public interface FileTransmitter
extends java.rmi.Remote

Interface that can be used on the server to represent a transmitter that can send a file across the RMI link..

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	end() This method is called to notify the FileTransmitter that no more of the file will be pulled.
byte[]	getNextChunk() This method pulls down the next sequence of bytes from the FileTransmitter.

Method Detail

getNextChunk

byte[] getNextChunk()
                    throws java.rmi.RemoteException

This method pulls down the next sequence of bytes from the FileTransmitter. This method will block if necessary until the data is ready to be transmitted. This method returns null on end of file, and will throw an exception if it is called again after null is returned.

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException

end

void end()
         throws java.rmi.RemoteException

This method is called to notify the FileTransmitter that no more of the file will be pulled.

Throws:

java.rmi.RemoteException