org.mule.api.transport

Interface Connectable

All Known Subinterfaces:

MessageDispatcher, MessageReceiver, MessageRequester

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractConnectable, AbstractConnector, AbstractJndiConnector, AbstractMessageDispatcher, AbstractMessageReceiver, AbstractMessageRequester, AbstractPollingMessageReceiver, ActiveMQJmsConnector, ActiveMQXAJmsConnector, EjbConnector, EjbMessageDispatcher, EjbMessageReceiver, HttpClientMessageDispatcher, HttpClientMessageRequester, HttpConnector, HttpMessageReceiver, HttpPollingConnector, HttpsConnector, HttpsMessageReceiver, HttpsPollingConnector, JmsConnector, JmsMessageDispatcher, JmsMessageReceiver, JmsMessageRequester, JnpConnector, MulticastConnector, MulticastMessageReceiver, MultiConsumerJmsMessageReceiver, PollingHttpMessageReceiver, ProcessConnector, ProcessMessageDispatcher, ProcessMessageReceiver, PromptStdioConnector, QuartzConnector, QuartzMessageDispatcher, QuartzMessageReceiver, RmiCallbackMessageReceiver, RmiConnector, RmiMessageDispatcher, RmiMessageReceiver, ServletConnector, ServletMessageReceiver, SingleJmsMessageReceiver, SslConnector, SslMessageReceiver, StdioConnector, StdioMessageDispatcher, StdioMessageReceiver, TcpConnector, TcpMessageDispatcher, TcpMessageReceiver, TcpMessageRequester, TlsConnector, TransactedPollingMessageReceiver, TransactedSingleResourceJmsMessageReceiver, UdpConnector, UdpMessageDispatcher, UdpMessageReceiver, UdpMessageRequester, UnsupportedMessageDispatcher, UnsupportedMessageRequester, VMConnector, VMMessageDispatcher, VMMessageReceiver, VMMessageRequester, WeblogicJmsConnector, WebsphereJmsConnector, WebsphereTransactedJmsMessageReceiver, XaTransactedJmsMessageReceiver

public interface Connectable

Interface for objects that should connect to a resource.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	connect() Make the connection to the underlying transport.
void	disconnect() Disconnect the from the underlying transport
String	getConnectionDescription() Returns a string identifying the underlying resource
boolean	isConnected() Determines if this object is connected or not

Method Detail

connect

void connect()
             throws Exception

Make the connection to the underlying transport. The fact that this object is connected or not should have no influence on the lifecycle, especially the start / stop state if applicable.

Throws:

Exception

disconnect

void disconnect()
                throws Exception

Disconnect the from the underlying transport

Throws:

Exception

isConnected

boolean isConnected()

Determines if this object is connected or not

Returns:

getConnectionDescription

String getConnectionDescription()

Returns a string identifying the underlying resource

Returns: