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- /*
- * @(#)SocketOptions.java 1.7 98/03/18
- *
- * Copyright 1996, 1997 by Sun Microsystems, Inc.,
- * 901 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, California, 94303, U.S.A.
- * All rights reserved.
- *
- * This software is the confidential and proprietary information
- * of Sun Microsystems, Inc. ("Confidential Information"). You
- * shall not disclose such Confidential Information and shall use
- * it only in accordance with the terms of the license agreement
- * you entered into with Sun.
- */
-
- package java.net;
-
- /**
- * Interface of methods to get/set socket options. This interface is
- * implemented by: <B>SocketImpl</B> and <B>DatagramSocketImpl</B>.
- * Subclasses of these should override the methods
- * of this interface in order to support their own options.
- * <P>
- * The methods and constants which specify options in this interface are
- * for implementation only. If you're not subclassing SocketImpl or
- * DatagramSocketImpl, <B>you won't use these directly.</B> There are
- * type-safe methods to get/set each of these options in Socket, ServerSocket,
- * DatagramSocket and MulticastSocket.
- * <P>
- * A subset of the standard BSD-style socket options are supported in the
- * JDK base classes, <B>PlainSocketImpl</B> and <B>PlainDatagramSocketImpl</B>.
- * A brief description of each and their use is provided.
- * <P>
- * @version 1.7, 03/18/98
- * @author David Brown
- */
-
-
- interface SocketOptions {
-
- /**
- * Enable/disable the option specified by <I>optID</I>. If the option
- * is to be enabled, and it takes an option-specific "value", this is
- * passed in <I>value</I>. The actual type of value is option-specific,
- * and it is an error to pass something that isn't of the expected type:
- * <BR><PRE>
- * SocketImpl s;
- * ...
- * s.setOption(SO_LINGER, new Integer(10));
- * // OK - set SO_LINGER w/ timeout of 10 sec.
- * s.setOption(SO_LINGER, new Double(10));
- * // ERROR - expects java.lang.Integer
- *</PRE>
- * If the requested option is binary, it can be set using this method by
- * a java.lang.Boolean:
- * <BR><PRE>
- * s.setOption(TCP_NODELAY, new Boolean(true));
- * // OK - enables TCP_NODELAY, a binary option
- * </PRE>
- * <BR>
- * Any option can be disabled using this method with a Boolean(false):
- * <BR><PRE>
- * s.setOption(TCP_NODELAY, new Boolean(false));
- * // OK - disables TCP_NODELAY
- * s.setOption(SO_LINGER, new Boolean(false));
- * // OK - disables SO_LINGER
- * </PRE>
- * <BR>
- * For an option that requires a particular parameter,
- * setting its value to anything other than
- * <I>Boolean(false)</I> implicitly enables it.
- * <BR>
- * Throws SocketException if the option is unrecognized,
- * the socket is closed, or some low-level error occurred
- * <BR>
- * @param optID identifies the option
- * @param value the parameter of the socket option
- * @throws SocketException if the option is unrecognized,
- * the socket is closed, or some low-level error occurred
- */
-
- public void
- setOption(int optID, Object value) throws SocketException;
-
- /**
- * Fetch the value of an option.
- * Binary options will return java.lang.Boolean(true)
- * if enabled, java.lang.Boolean(false) if disabled, e.g.:
- * <BR><PRE>
- * SocketImpl s;
- * ...
- * Boolean noDelay = (Boolean)(s.getOption(TCP_NODELAY));
- * if (noDelay.booleanValue()) {
- * // true if TCP_NODELAY is enabled...
- * ...
- * }
- * </PRE>
- * <P>
- * For options that take a particular type as a parameter,
- * getOption(int) will return the paramter's value, else
- * it will return java.lang.Boolean(false):
- * <PRE>
- * Object o = s.getOption(SO_LINGER);
- * if (o instanceof Integer) {
- * System.out.print("Linger time is " + ((Integer)o).intValue());
- * } else {
- * // the true type of o is java.lang.Boolean(false);
- * }
- * </PRE>
- *
- * @throws SocketException if the socket is closed
- * @throws SocketException if <I>optID</I> is unknown along the
- * protocol stack (including the SocketImpl)
- */
-
- public Object getOption(int optID) throws SocketException;
-
- /**
- * The java-supported BSD-style options.
- */
-
- /**
- * Disable Nagle's algorithm for this connection. Written data
- * to the network is not buffered pending acknowledgement of
- * previously written data.
- *<P>
- * Valid for TCP only: SocketImpl.
- * <P>
- * @see Socket#setTcpNoDelay
- * @see Socket#getTcpNoDelay
- */
-
- public final static int TCP_NODELAY = 0x0001;
-
- /**
- * Fetch the local address binding of a socket (this option cannot
- * be "set" only "gotten", since sockets are bound at creation time,
- * and so the locally bound address cannot be changed). The default local
- * address of a socket is INADDR_ANY, meaning any local address on a
- * multi-homed host. A multi-homed host can use this option to accept
- * connections to only one of its addresses (in the case of a
- * ServerSocket or DatagramSocket), or to specify its return address
- * to the peer (for a Socket or DatagramSocket). The parameter of
- * this option is an InetAddress.
- * <P>
- * This option <B>must</B> be specified in the constructor.
- * <P>
- * Valid for: SocketImpl, DatagramSocketImpl
- * <P>
- * @see Socket#getLocalAddress
- * @see Server#getLocalAddress
- * @see DatagramSocket#getLocalAddress
- */
-
- public final static int SO_BINDADDR = 0x000F;
-
- /** Sets SO_REUSEADDR for a socket. This is used only for MulticastSockets
- * in java, and it is set by default for MulticastSockets.
- * <P>
- * Valid for: DatagramSocketImpl
- */
-
- public final static int SO_REUSEADDR = 0x04;
-
- /** Set which outgoing interface on which to send multicast packets.
- * Useful on hosts with multiple network interfaces, where applications
- * want to use other than the system default. Takes/returns an InetAddress.
- * <P>
- * Valid for Multicast: DatagramSocketImpl
- * <P>
- * @see MulticastSocket#setInterface
- * @see MulitcastSocket#getInterface
- */
-
- public final static int IP_MULTICAST_IF = 0x10;
-
- /**
- * Specify a linger-on-close timeout. This option disables/enables
- * immediate return from a <B>close()</B> of a TCP Socket. Enabling
- * this option with a non-zero Integer <I>timeout</I> means that a
- * <B>close()</B> will block pending the transmission and acknowledgement
- * of all data written to the peer, at which point the socket is closed
- * <I>gracefully</I>. Upon reaching the linger timeout, the socket is
- * closed <I>forcefully</I>, with a TCP RST. Enabling the option with a
- * timeout of zero does a forceful close immediately.
- * <P>
- * <B>Note:</B>The actual implementation of SO_LINGER in the OS varies
- * across platforms.
- * <P>
- * Valid only for TCP: SocketImpl
- * <P>
- * @see Socket#setSoLinger
- * @see Socket#getSoLinger
- */
-
- public final static int SO_LINGER = 0x0080;
-
- /** Set a timeout on blocking Socket operations:
- * <PRE>
- * ServerSocket.accept();
- * SocketInputStream.read();
- * DatagramSocket.receive();
- * </PRE>
- * <P>
- * The option must be set prior to entering a blocking operation to take effect.
- * If the timeout expires and the operation would continue to block,
- * <B>java.io.InterruptedIOException</B> is raised. The Socket is not closed
- * in this case.
- * <P>
- * Valid for all sockets: SocketImpl, DatagramSocketImpl
- * <P>
- * @see Socket#setSoTimeout
- * @see ServerSocket#setSoTimeout
- * @see DatagramSocket#setSoTimeout
- */
-
- public final static int SO_TIMEOUT = 0x1006;
- }
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