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1   /*
2    * Copyright  2004-2005 Stefan Reuter
3    *
4    *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
5    *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
6    *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
7    *
8    *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
9    *
10   *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11   *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12   *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13   *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14   *  limitations under the License.
15   *
16   */
17  package net.sf.asterisk.io;
18  
19  import java.io.IOException;
20  
21  /***
22   * The ServerSocketFacade provides operations to accept client connections over
23   * TCP/IP sockets.<br>
24   * It hides the details of the underlying I/O system used for server socket
25   * communication.
26   * 
27   * @author srt
28   * @version $Id: ServerSocketFacade.java,v 1.3 2005/10/25 22:43:25 srt Exp $
29   */
30  public interface ServerSocketFacade
31  {
32      /***
33       * Waits for a new incoming connection.
34       * 
35       * @return the new connection.
36       * @throws IOException
37       */
38      SocketConnectionFacade accept() throws IOException;
39  
40      /***
41       * Unbinds and closes the server socket.
42       * 
43       * @throws IOException if the server socket cannot be closed.
44       */
45      void close() throws IOException;
46  }