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 1.6 2005/03/11 00:57:59 jeffh Exp $

Author:

Ansley Post, Alan Mislove

Method Summary

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

Method Detail

attachChannel

public Channel attachChannel(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 Channel createChannel(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 Channel[] getChannels()

Returns all of the channels on this local splitstream

Returns:

All of the channels currently being received by this splitstream