org.fourthline.cling.transport.spi
Interface MulticastReceiver<C extends MulticastReceiverConfiguration>

Type Parameters:

C - The type of the service's configuration.

All Superinterfaces:

Runnable

All Known Implementing Classes:

MulticastReceiverImpl

public interface MulticastReceiver<C extends MulticastReceiverConfiguration>
extends Runnable

Service for receiving multicast UDP datagrams, one per bound network interface.

This services typically listens on a socket for UDP datagrams, the socket has joined the configured multicast group.

This listening loop is started with the run() method, this service is Runnable. Any received datagram is then converted into an IncomingDatagramMessage and handled by the Router.received(org.fourthline.cling.model.message.IncomingDatagramMessage) method. This conversion is the job of the DatagramProcessor.

An implementation has to be thread-safe.

Author:

Christian Bauer

Method Summary

C	getConfiguration()
void	init(NetworkInterface networkInterface, Router router, DatagramProcessor datagramProcessor) Configures the service and starts any listening sockets.
void	stop() Stops the service, closes any listening sockets.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Runnable

run

Method Detail

init

void init(NetworkInterface networkInterface,
          Router router,
          DatagramProcessor datagramProcessor)
          throws InitializationException

Configures the service and starts any listening sockets.

Parameters:

networkInterface - The network interface on which to join the multicast group on.

router - The router which handles received IncomingDatagramMessages.

datagramProcessor - Reads and writes datagrams.

Throws:

InitializationException - If the service could not be initialized or started.

stop

void stop()

Stops the service, closes any listening sockets.

getConfiguration

C getConfiguration()

Returns:

This service's configuration.