com.langner.jmatic2
Interface IConnection

All Known Subinterfaces:

ITransport

All Known Implementing Classes:

FetchWrite, S7Functions, com.langner.jmatic2.TransportImpl

public interface IConnection

Interface for connection handling used within the package com.langner.jmatic

Version:

2.0

Author:

Langner Communications AG

Copyright:

Langner (c) 2001-2005

Method Summary

void	connect() This method establishes a connection
void	disconnect() This method closes a connection
boolean	isConnected() Returns the connection status of the connection.

Method Detail

connect

public void connect()
             throws JMaticException,
                    java.io.IOException

This method establishes a connection

Throws:

JMaticException

IOException

disconnect

public void disconnect()
                throws JMaticException,
                       java.io.IOException

This method closes a connection

Throws:

JMaticException

IOException

isConnected

public boolean isConnected()

Returns the connection status of the connection. Indicates whether a connection is established.

Returns:

true if the object is connected, otherwise false.

See Also:

connect, disconnect