Module stincmale.server

Package stincmale.server

Interface Server

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractServer, NettyServer

@ThreadSafe
public interface Server

Represents an I/O server.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
CompletionStage<Void>	start()	Enables the Server to perform I/O operations until stop() is invoked or until an implementation decided to cease all operations.
void	stop()	Disables the Server so it does not perform I/O and any other operations anymore if the Server was started, otherwise does nothing.

Method Details

start

CompletionStage<Void> start()

Enables the Server to perform I/O operations until stop() is invoked or until an implementation decided to cease all operations. This method is allowed to be called multiple times.

Returns:

CompletionStage that may be used to get notified when the server stops operating, or if the server fails to start.

See Also:

start(), stop()

stop

void stop() throws InterruptedException

Disables the Server so it does not perform I/O and any other operations anymore if the Server was started, otherwise does nothing. This method is allowed to be called multiple times.

Throws:

InterruptedException

See Also:

start()