rice.p2p.splitstream
Interface SplitStream

All Known Implementing Classes:

SplitStreamImpl

public interface SplitStream

The interface defines the methods that a splitStream object must implement. The methods are for creating a channel and for attaching to an already existing channel

Version:

$Id: SplitStream.java,v 1.5 2003/10/17 01:49:52 atuls Exp $

Author:

Ansley Post, Alan Mislove

Method Summary

rice.p2p.splitstream.Channel	attachChannel(rice.p2p.splitstream.ChannelId id) A SplitStream application calls this method to join a channel.
rice.p2p.splitstream.Channel	createChannel(rice.p2p.splitstream.ChannelId id) A SplitStream application calls this method when it wishes to distribute content, creating a new channel object.
rice.p2p.splitstream.Channel[]	getChannels() Returns all of the channels on this local splitstream

Method Detail

attachChannel

public rice.p2p.splitstream.Channel attachChannel(rice.p2p.splitstream.ChannelId id)

A SplitStream application calls this method to join a channel.

Parameters:

id - The id of the channel

Returns:

A channel object used for subsequent operations on the desired content stream

createChannel

public rice.p2p.splitstream.Channel createChannel(rice.p2p.splitstream.ChannelId id)

A SplitStream application calls this method when it wishes to distribute content, creating a new channel object.

Parameters:

id - The id of the channel

Returns:

A new channel object

getChannels

public rice.p2p.splitstream.Channel[] getChannels()

Returns all of the channels on this local splitstream

Returns:

All of the channels currently being received by this splitstream