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Interface Connectable

All Known Subinterfaces:

CommPort

public interface Connectable

Common interface for a class that is able to open a Connection from it.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Connection	openConnection(String args) Create and open a new Connection.

Method Detail

openConnection

Connection openConnection(String args)
                   throws IOException

Create and open a new Connection. The given args String format depends on the implementation of this interface. Sub-classes or sub-interfaces must specify the format of this String and the type of the returned Connection.

Parameters:

args - the parameters of the connection

Returns:

a new connection object.

Throws:

ConnectionNotFoundException - if connection protocol is not found

IOException - if an I/O error occurs

See Also:

Connector.open(String)