org.globus.ftp
Interface DataSink

All Known Implementing Classes:
DataSinkStream, FileRandomIO, InputStreamDataSink

public interface DataSink

Data channel uses this interface to write the incoming data. Implement it to provide your own ways of storing data. It must be thread safe; in parallel transfer mode several streams may attempt to write.


Method Summary
 void close()
          Closes this data sink and releases any system resources associated with this sink.
 void write(Buffer buffer)
          Writes the specified buffer to this data sink.
 

Method Detail

write

public void write(Buffer buffer)
           throws IOException
Writes the specified buffer to this data sink.
Note: buffer.getOffset() might return -1 if the transfer mode used does not support data offsets, for example stream transfer mode.

Parameters:
buffer - the data buffer to write.
Throws:
IOException - if an I/O error occurs.

close

public void close()
           throws IOException
Closes this data sink and releases any system resources associated with this sink.

Throws:
IOException - if an I/O error occurs.