proton-j/src/main/java/org/apache/qpid/proton/driver/Listener.java

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package org.apache.qpid.proton.driver;

/**
 * Server API.
 *
 * @param <C> application supplied context
 * @deprecated Messenger and its listener will be removed from upcoming proton-j releases.
 */
@Deprecated
public interface Listener<C>
{
    /**
     * Accept a connection that is pending on the listener.
     *
     * @return a new connector for the remote, or NULL on error.
     */
    Connector<C> accept();

    /**
     * Access the application context that is associated with the listener.
     *
     * @return the application context that was passed when creating this
     *         listener. See {@link Driver#createListener(String, int, Object)
     *         createListener(String, int, Object)} and
     *         {@link Driver#createConnector(java.nio.channels.SelectableChannel, Object)
     *         createConnector(java.nio.channels.SelectableChannel, Object)}
     */
    C getContext();

    /**
     * Set the application context that is associated with this listener.
     *
     */
    void setContext(C ctx);

    /**
     * Close the socket used by the listener.
     *
     */
    void close() throws java.io.IOException;
}