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package javax.net;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.InetAddress;
import java.net.Socket;
import java.net.SocketException;
import java.net.UnknownHostException;
/**
* This abstract class defines methods to create sockets. It can be subclassed
* to create specific socket types with additional socket-level functionality.
*/
public abstract class SocketFactory {
private static SocketFactory defaultFactory;
/**
* Gets the default socket factory of the system which can be used to create
* new sockets without creating a subclass of this factory.
*
* @return the system default socket factory.
*/
public static synchronized SocketFactory getDefault() {
if (defaultFactory == null) {
defaultFactory = new DefaultSocketFactory();
}
return defaultFactory;
}
/**
* Creates a new {@code SocketFactory} instance.
*/
protected SocketFactory() {
}
/**
* Creates a new socket which is not connected to any remote host. This
* method has to be overridden by a subclass otherwise a {@code
* SocketException} is thrown.
*
* @return the created unconnected socket.
* @throws IOException
* if an error occurs while creating a new socket.
*/
public Socket createSocket() throws IOException {
// follow RI's behavior
throw new SocketException("Unconnected sockets not implemented");
}
/**
* Creates a new socket which is connected to the remote host specified by
* the parameters {@code host} and {@code port}. The socket is bound to any
* available local address and port.
*
* @param host
* the remote host address the socket has to be connected to.
* @param port
* the port number of the remote host at which the socket is
* connected.
* @return the created connected socket.
* @throws IOException
* if an error occurs while creating a new socket.
* @throws UnknownHostException
* if the specified host is unknown or the IP address could not
* be resolved.
*/
public abstract Socket createSocket(String host, int port) throws IOException,
UnknownHostException;
/**
* Creates a new socket which is connected to the remote host specified by
* the parameters {@code host} and {@code port}. The socket is bound to the
* local network interface specified by the InetAddress {@code localHost} on
* port {@code localPort}.
*
* @param host
* the remote host address the socket has to be connected to.
* @param port
* the port number of the remote host at which the socket is
* connected.
* @param localHost
* the local host address the socket is bound to.
* @param localPort
* the port number of the local host at which the socket is
* bound.
* @return the created connected socket.
* @throws IOException
* if an error occurs while creating a new socket.
* @throws UnknownHostException
* if the specified host is unknown or the IP address could not
* be resolved.
*/
public abstract Socket createSocket(String host, int port, InetAddress localHost, int localPort)
throws IOException, UnknownHostException;
/**
* Creates a new socket which is connected to the remote host specified by
* the InetAddress {@code host}. The socket is bound to any available local
* address and port.
*
* @param host
* the host address the socket has to be connected to.
* @param port
* the port number of the remote host at which the socket is
* connected.
* @return the created connected socket.
* @throws IOException
* if an error occurs while creating a new socket.
*/
public abstract Socket createSocket(InetAddress host, int port) throws IOException;
/**
* Creates a new socket which is connected to the remote host specified by
* the InetAddress {@code address}. The socket is bound to the local network
* interface specified by the InetAddress {@code localHost} on port {@code
* localPort}.
*
* @param address
* the remote host address the socket has to be connected to.
* @param port
* the port number of the remote host at which the socket is
* connected.
* @param localAddress
* the local host address the socket is bound to.
* @param localPort
* the port number of the local host at which the socket is
* bound.
* @return the created connected socket.
* @throws IOException
* if an error occurs while creating a new socket.
*/
public abstract Socket createSocket(InetAddress address, int port, InetAddress localAddress,
int localPort) throws IOException;
}