uk.ac.starlink.plastic

Interface PlasticConnection

public interface PlasticConnection

Simple interface describing a connnection to a hub. Well-behaved implementations should ensure that the connection is closed even if unregister() is not explicitly called, for instance in the finalizer and/or at JVM shutdown.

Since:

7 Aug 2006

Author:

Mark Taylor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
URI	getId() Returns the client ID which identifies this connection to the hub.
void	unregister() Ensures that this connection is no longer registered with the hub.

Method Detail

getId

URI getId()

Returns the client ID which identifies this connection to the hub.

Returns:

client ID

unregister

void unregister()

Ensures that this connection is no longer registered with the hub. This method may be called multiple times; any time after the first has no effect.