echopoint.asynch
Interface AsynchEventSink

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AsynchContentPane, AsynchEventQueue

public interface AsynchEventSink
extends java.io.Serializable

AsychEventSink is a place for AsynchEvents to be placed. These events can later be retrived by event processing code.

Method Summary

AsynchEvent	getEvent() Returns the next event in the sink, waiting forever till one is available.
AsynchEvent	getEvent(long waitTime) Returns the next event in the sink, waiting for waitTime.
boolean	putEvent(AsynchEvent asynchEvent) Puts an event into the sink, waiting forever until there is room to place the event..
boolean	putEvent(AsynchEvent asynchEvent, int waitTime) Puts an event into the sink, waiting up to waitTime until there is room to place the event.

Method Detail

putEvent

boolean putEvent(AsynchEvent asynchEvent)
                 throws java.lang.InterruptedException

Puts an event into the sink, waiting forever until there is room to place the event..

Parameters:

asynchEvent - - the event to place in the sink

Returns:

true if the event could be placed in the sink

Throws:

java.lang.InterruptedException

putEvent

boolean putEvent(AsynchEvent asynchEvent,
                 int waitTime)
                 throws java.lang.InterruptedException

Puts an event into the sink, waiting up to waitTime until there is room to place the event.

Parameters:

asynchEvent - - the event to place in the sink

waitTime - - how long to wait for room in the sink or - 1 to wait for ever

Returns:

true if the event could be placed in the sink or false if there is no room after the specified waitTime.

Throws:

java.lang.InterruptedException

getEvent

AsynchEvent getEvent()
                     throws java.lang.InterruptedException

Returns the next event in the sink, waiting forever till one is available.

Returns:

an AsynchEvent

Throws:

java.lang.InterruptedException

getEvent

AsynchEvent getEvent(long waitTime)
                     throws java.lang.InterruptedException

Returns the next event in the sink, waiting for waitTime.

Parameters:

waitTime - - how long to wait for an event

Returns:

an AsynchEvent or null if there is no available in the time frame

Throws:

java.lang.InterruptedException