org.eclipse.jetty.server

Interface ConnectionFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractConnectionFactory, HttpConnectionFactory, SslConnectionFactory

public interface ConnectionFactory

A Factory to create Connection instances for Connectors.

A Connection factory is responsible for instantiating and configuring a Connection instance to handle an EndPoint accepted by a Connector.

A ConnectionFactory has a protocol name that represents the protocol of the Connections created. Example of protocol names include:

http

Creates a HTTP connection that can handle multiple versions of HTTP from 0.9 to 1.1

spdy/2

Creates a HTTP connection that handles a specific version of the SPDY protocol

SSL-XYZ

Create an SSL connection chained to a connection obtained from a connection factory with a protocol "XYZ".

SSL-http

Create an SSL connection chained to a HTTP connection (aka https)

SSL-npn

Create an SSL connection chained to a NPN connection, that uses a negotiation with the client to determine the next protocol.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getProtocol()
Connection	newConnection(Connector connector, EndPoint endPoint) Creates a new Connection with the given parameters

Method Detail

getProtocol

String getProtocol()

Returns:

A string representing the protocol name.

newConnection

Connection newConnection(Connector connector,
                       EndPoint endPoint)

Creates a new Connection with the given parameters

Parameters:

connector - The Connector creating this connection

endPoint - the EndPoint associated with the connection

Returns:

a new Connection