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/***************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2004-2007 Eike Stepper, Germany.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 * 
 * Contributors:
 *    Eike Stepper - initial API and implementation
 **************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.net4j.transport;

import org.eclipse.net4j.util.container.IContainer;

import org.eclipse.internal.net4j.transport.Acceptor;

/**
 * Accepts incoming connection requests from
 * {@link ConnectorLocation#CLIENT client} {@link IConnector connectors} and
 * creates the appropriate {@link ConnectorLocation#SERVER server} connectors.
 * <p>
 * Since the process of accepting connection requests is heavily dependent on
 * the implementation of the respective connectors the only public API is
 * introspection and notification.
 * <p>
 * This interface is <b>not</b> intended to be implemented by clients. Service
 * providers <b>must</b> extend the abstract {@link Acceptor} class.
 * <p>
 * <dt><b>Class Diagram:</b></dt>
 * <dd> <img src="doc-files/Acceptors.png" title="Diagram Acceptors" border="0"
 * usemap="#Acceptors.png"/></dd>
 * <p>
 * <MAP NAME="Acceptors.png"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="10,8,99,58"
 * HREF="IAcceptor.html"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="289,8,378,58"
 * HREF="IConnector.html"> </MAP>
 * <p>
 * <dt><b>Sequence Diagram:</b></dt>
 * <dd> <img src="doc-files/ConnectionProcess.jpg" title="Connection Process"
 * border="0" usemap="#ConnectionProcess.jpg"/></dd>
 * <p>
 * <MAP NAME="ConnectionProcess.jpg"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT"
 * COORDS="146,136,265,165" HREF="IConnector.html"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT"
 * COORDS="485,75,564,105" HREF="IAcceptor.html"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT"
 * COORDS="296,325,414,355" HREF="IConnector.html"> <AREA SHAPE="RECT"
 * COORDS="64,426,444,506" HREF="ConnectorState.html#CONNECTING"> <AREA
 * SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="64,516,444,596" HREF="ConnectorState.html#NEGOTIATING">
 * </MAP>
 * 
 * @author Eike Stepper
 * @since 0.8.0
 */
public interface IAcceptor extends IContainer<IConnector>
{
  /**
   * Returns an array of the connectors that have been accepted by this acceptor
   * and not been closed since.
   */
  public IConnector[] getAcceptedConnectors();
}

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