javax.microedition.io
Interface DatagramConnection

All Superinterfaces:

Connection

All Known Subinterfaces:

MulticastConnection, UDPDatagramConnection

public interface DatagramConnection
extends Connection

This interface defines the capabilities that a datagram connection must have.

Reminder: Since the CLDC Specification does not define any actual network protocol implementations, the syntax for datagram addressing is not defined in the CLDC Specification. Rather, syntax definition takes place at the level of J2ME profiles such as MIDP.

In the sample implementation that is provided as part of the CLDC implementation, the following addressing scheme is used:

The parameter string describing the target of a connection in the CLDC implementation takes the following form:

 {protocol}://[{host}]:[{port}]
 

A datagram connection can be opened in a "client" mode or "server" mode. If the "//{host}" part is missing then the connection is opened as a "server" (by "server", we mean that a client application initiates communication). When the "//{host}" part is specified, the connection is opened as a "client".

Examples:

A datagram connection for accepting datagrams
datagram://:1234

A datagram connection for sending to a server:
datagram://123.456.789.12:1234

Note that the port number in "server mode" (unspecified host name) is that of the receiving port. The port number in "client mode" (host name specified) is that of the target port. The reply-to port in both cases is never unspecified. In "server mode", the same port number is used for both receiving and sending. In "client mode", the reply-to port is always dynamically allocated.

Also note that the allocation of datagram objects is done in a more abstract way than in Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE). Instead of providing a concrete DatagramPacket class, an abstract Datagram interface is provided. This is to allow a single platform to support several different datagram interfaces simultaneously. Datagram objects must be allocated by calling the newDatagram methods of the DatagramConnection object. The resulting object is defined using another interface type called javax.microedition.io.Datagram.

Since:

CLDC 1.0

Version:

12/17/01 (CLDC 1.1)

Method Summary

int	getMaximumLength() Get the maximum length a datagram can be.
int	getNominalLength() Get the nominal length of a datagram.
Datagram	newDatagram(byte[] buf, int size) Create a new datagram object.
Datagram	newDatagram(byte[] buf, int size, String addr) Make a new datagram object.
Datagram	newDatagram(int size) Create a new datagram object.
Datagram	newDatagram(int size, String addr) Create a new datagram object.
void	receive(Datagram dgram) Receive a datagram.
void	send(Datagram dgram) Send a datagram.

Methods inherited from interface javax.microedition.io.Connection

close

Method Detail

getMaximumLength

int getMaximumLength()
                     throws IOException

Get the maximum length a datagram can be. Maximum length determines the maximum size of the datagram that can be created using the newDatagram method, and the maximum size of the datagram that can be sent or received.

Returns:

The maximum length of a datagram.

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs.

getNominalLength

int getNominalLength()
                     throws IOException

Get the nominal length of a datagram. Nominal length refers to the size of the datagram that is stored into the data buffer. Nominal length may be equal or less than the maximum length of the datagram.

Returns:

The nominal length of a datagram.

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs.

send

void send(Datagram dgram)
          throws IOException

Send a datagram. The Datagram object includes the information indicating the data to be sent, its length, and the address of the receiver. The method sends length bytes starting at the current offset of the Datagram object, where length and offset are internal state variables of the Datagram object.

Parameters:

dgram - A datagram.

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs.

InterruptedIOException - Timeout or interrupt occurred.

receive

void receive(Datagram dgram)
             throws IOException

Receive a datagram. When this method returns, the internal buffer in the Datagram object is filled with the data received, starting at the location determined by the offset state variable, and the data is ready to be read using the methods of the DataInput interface.

This method blocks until a datagram is received. The internal length state variable in the Datagram object contains the length of the received datagram. If the received data is longer than the length of the internal buffer minus offset, data is truncated.

This method does not change the internal read/write state variable of the Datagram object. Use method Datagram.reset to change the pointer before reading if necessary.

Parameters:

dgram - A datagram.

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs.

InterruptedIOException - Timeout or interrupt occurred.

newDatagram

Datagram newDatagram(int size)
                     throws IOException

Create a new datagram object.

Parameters:

size - The size of the buffer needed for the datagram

Returns:

A new datagram

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs.

IllegalArgumentException - if the size is negative or larger than the maximum size

newDatagram

Datagram newDatagram(int size,
                     String addr)
                     throws IOException

Create a new datagram object.

Parameters:

size - The size of the buffer needed for the datagram

addr - The I/O address to which the datagram will be sent

Returns:

A new datagram

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs.

IllegalArgumentException - if the size is negative or larger than the maximum size, or if the address parameter is invalid

newDatagram

Datagram newDatagram(byte[] buf,
                     int size)
                     throws IOException

Create a new datagram object.

Parameters:

buf - The buffer to be used for the datagram

size - The size of the buffer needed for the datagram

Returns:

A new datagram

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs.

IllegalArgumentException - if the size is negative or larger than the maximum size or the given buffer's length, or if the buffer parameter is invalid

newDatagram

Datagram newDatagram(byte[] buf,
                     int size,
                     String addr)
                     throws IOException

Make a new datagram object.

Parameters:

buf - The buffer to be used for the datagram

size - The size of the buffer needed for the datagram

addr - The I/O address to which the datagram will be sent

Returns:

A new datagram

Throws:

IOException - If an I/O error occurs.

IllegalArgumentException - if the size is negative or larger than the maximum size or the given buffer's length, or if the address or buffer parameter is invalid