ChannelHostingTransport (pvAccessJava 5.1.7 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

BlockingServerTCPTransport, NonBlockingServerTCPTransport
```
public interface ChannelHostingTransport
```
Interface defining a transport that hosts channels.

Version:

$Id$

Author:

Matej Sekoranja

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`depreallocateChannelSID(int sid)`	De-preallocate new channel SID.
`ServerChannel`	`getChannel(int sid)`	Get channel by its SID.
`int`	`getChannelCount()`	Get channel count.
`ServerChannel[]`	`getChannels()`	Get an array of all hosted channels.
`int`	`preallocateChannelSID()`	Preallocate new channel SID.
`void`	`registerChannel(int sid, ServerChannel channel)`	Register a new channel.
`void`	`unregisterChannel(int sid)`	Unregister a new channel (and deallocates its handle).

- Method Detail
  - preallocateChannelSID
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int preallocateChannelSID()
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    Preallocate new channel SID.
    
    Returns:
    
    new channel server id (SID).
  - depreallocateChannelSID
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void depreallocateChannelSID(int sid)
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    De-preallocate new channel SID.
    
    Parameters:
    
    sid - preallocated channel SID.
  - registerChannel
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void registerChannel(int sid,
                     ServerChannel channel)
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    Register a new channel.
    
    Parameters:
    
    sid - preallocated channel SID.
    
    channel - channel to register.
  - unregisterChannel
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void unregisterChannel(int sid)
```
    Unregister a new channel (and deallocates its handle).
    
    Parameters:
    
    sid - SID
  - getChannel
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ServerChannel getChannel(int sid)
```
    Get channel by its SID.
    
    Parameters:
    
    sid - channel SID
    
    Returns:
    
    channel with given SID, null otherwise
  - getChannelCount
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int getChannelCount()
```
    Get channel count.
    
    Returns:
    
    channel count.
  - getChannels
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ServerChannel[] getChannels()
```
    Get an array of all hosted channels.
    
    Returns:
    
    an array of all hosted channels.