monq.stuff

Interface Feeder

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Runnable, Service

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPipe, CharSequenceFeeder, DfaRunFeeder, Pipe, ReaderFeeder

public interface Feeder
extends Service

Implementations of Feeder start feeding data to the OutputStream passed to setOut() as soon as their Runnable.run() method is called. The contract for use of a Feeder is as follows:

1. setOut() is called first to specify where the Feeder must deliver the data,
2. then run() (according the inherited interface Service) is called for the the Feeder to actually deliver the data,
3. the Feeder closes the OutputStream set with setOut depening on the second parameter of setOut before run() terminates.

Hint: A Feeder can be easily implemented by subclassing AbstractPipe.

Author:

© 2005 Harald Kirsch

See Also:

Drainer

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	setOut(java.io.OutputStream out, boolean closeOnExit) specifies the OutputStream where to deliver the data in the run() method.

Methods inherited from interface monq.net.Service

getException

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Runnable

run

Method Detail

setOut

void setOut(java.io.OutputStream out,
            boolean closeOnExit)

specifies the OutputStream where to deliver the data in the run() method.

Parameters:

closeOnExit - if true, instructs the Feeder to close out before exiting run().