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Interface modules.Module

public interface Module

extends Object

Version:

$Id: Module.java,v 1.3 1997/03/24 14:55:18 leo Exp $

Author:

Matthias L. Jugel, Marcus Meißner

connect(String, int)

Connected to the remote host.

disconnect()

Disconnect from the host.

receive(String)

Receive data from somewhere.

setLoader(Object)

Set the loader of the module.

  public abstract void setLoader(Object loader)

Set the loader of the module. This is necessary to know if you want to contact the modules parent.

Parameters:

loader - The object that has loaded this module.

  public abstract void connect(String host,
                               int port)

Connected to the remote host. This method notifies upon new connection.

Parameters:

host - remote hostname

port - remote port

  public abstract void disconnect()

Disconnect from the host. This method notifies of lost connection.

  public abstract String receive(String s)

Receive data from somewhere. If a modules does not want to receive data it should return null to remove itself from the list of receiver modules.

Parameters:

s - The string we receive.

Returns:

the modified string or null (to remove from receiver list)

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