org.fourthline.cling.transport.spi

## Interface DatagramIO<C extends DatagramIOConfiguration>

- Type Parameters:
    `C` - The type of the service's configuration.
  All Superinterfaces:
    Runnable
  All Known Implementing Classes:
    DatagramIOImpl

      public interface DatagramIO<C extends DatagramIOConfiguration>
      extends Runnable

  Service for receiving (unicast only) and sending UDP datagrams, one per bound IP address.

  This service typically listens on a socket for UDP unicast datagrams, with an ephemeral port.

  This listening loop is started with the `run()` method, this service is `Runnable`. Any received datagram is then converted into an `IncomingDatagramMessage` and handled by the `Router.received(org.fourthline.cling.model.message.IncomingDatagramMessage)` method. This conversion is the job of the `DatagramProcessor`.

  Clients of this service use it to send UDP datagrams, either to a unicast or multicast destination. Any `OutgoingDatagramMessage` can be converted and written into a datagram with the `DatagramProcessor`.

  An implementation has to be thread-safe.

  Author:
    Christian Bauer

- - ### Method Summary

    Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `C` | `getConfiguration()`
    `void` | `init(InetAddress bindAddress, Router router, DatagramProcessor datagramProcessor)` Configures the service and starts any listening sockets.
    `void` | `send(DatagramPacket datagram)` The actual sending of a UDP datagram.
    `void` | `send(OutgoingDatagramMessage message)` Sends a datagram after conversion with `DatagramProcessor.write(org.fourthline.cling.model.message.OutgoingDatagramMessage)`.
    `void` | `stop()` Stops the service, closes any listening sockets.

    - ### Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Runnable

      `run`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### init

          void init(InetAddress bindAddress,
                  Router router,
                  DatagramProcessor datagramProcessor)
                    throws InitializationException

      Configures the service and starts any listening sockets.
      Parameters:
        `bindAddress` - The address to bind any sockets on.
        `router` - The router which handles received `IncomingDatagramMessage`s.
        `datagramProcessor` - Reads and writes datagrams.
      Throws:
        `InitializationException` - If the service could not be initialized or started.

    - #### stop

          void stop()

      Stops the service, closes any listening sockets.

    - #### getConfiguration

          C getConfiguration()

      Returns:
        This service's configuration.

    - #### send

          void send(OutgoingDatagramMessage message)

      Sends a datagram after conversion with `DatagramProcessor.write(org.fourthline.cling.model.message.OutgoingDatagramMessage)`.
      Parameters:
        `message` - The message to send.

    - #### send

          void send(DatagramPacket datagram)

      The actual sending of a UDP datagram.

      Recoverable errors should be logged, if appropriate only with debug level. Any non-recoverable errors should be thrown as `RuntimeException`s.

      Parameters:
        `datagram` - The UDP datagram to send.

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