jdk/src/share/classes/com/sun/jdi/connect/spi/Connection.java

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package com.sun.jdi.connect.spi;

import java.io.IOException;

/**
 * A connection between a debugger and a target VM which it debugs.
 *
 * <p> A Connection represents a bi-directional communication channel
 * between a debugger and a target VM. A Connection is created when
 * {@link com.sun.jdi.connect.spi.TransportService TransportService}
 * establishes a connection and successfully handshakes with a target
 * VM. A TransportService implementation provides a reliable
 * JDWP packet transportation service and consequently a Connection
 * provides a reliable flow of JDWP packets between the debugger
 * and the target VM. A Connection is stream oriented, that is, the
 * JDWP packets written to a connection are read by the target VM
 * in the order in which they were written. Similiarly packets written
 * to a Connection by the target VM are read by the debugger in the
 * order in which they were written.
 *
 * <p> A connection is either open or closed. It is open upon creation,
 * and remains open until it is closed. Once closed, it remains closed,
 * and any attempt to invoke an I/O operation upon it will cause a
 * {@link ClosedConnectionException} to be thrown. A connection can
 * be tested by invoking the {@link #isOpen isOpen} method.
 *
 * <p> A Connection is safe for access by multiple concurrent threads,
 * although at most one thread may be reading and at most one thread may
 * be writing at any given time. </p>
 *
 * @since 1.5
 */

public abstract class Connection {

    /**
     * Reads a packet from the target VM.
     *
     * <p> Attempts to read a JDWP packet from the target VM.
     * A read operation may block indefinitely and only returns
     * when it reads all bytes of a packet, or in the case of a
     * transport service that is based on a stream-oriented
     * communication protocol, the end of stream is encountered.
     *
     * <p> Reading a packet does not do any integrity checking on
     * the packet aside from a check that the length of the packet
     * (as indicated by the value of the <tt>length</tt> field, the
     * first four bytes of the packet) is 11 or more bytes.
     * If the value of the <tt>length</tt> value is less then 11
     * then an <tt>IOException</tt> is thrown.
     *
     * <p> Returns a byte array of a length equal to the length
     * of the received packet, or a byte array of length 0 when an
     * end of stream is encountered. If end of stream is encountered
     * after some, but not all bytes of a packet, are read then it
     * is considered an I/O error and an <tt>IOException</tt> is
     * thrown. The first byte of the packet is stored in element
     * <tt>0</tt> of the byte array, the second in element <tt>1</tt>,
     * and so on. The bytes in the byte array are laid out as per the
     * <a href="../../../../../../../../../technotes/guides/jpda/jdwp-spec.html">
     * JDWP specification</a>. That is, all fields in the packet
     * are in big endian order as per the JDWP specification.
     *
     * <p> This method may be invoked at any time.  If another thread has
     * already initiated a {@link #readPacket readPacket} on this
     * connection then the invocation of this method will block until the
     * first operation is complete. </p>
     *
     * @return  the packet read from the target VM
     *
     * @throws  ClosedConnectionException
     *          If the connection is closed, or another thread closes
     *          the connection while the readPacket is in progress.
     *
     * @throws  java.io.IOException
     *          If the length of the packet (as indictaed by the first
     *          4 bytes) is less than 11 bytes, or an I/O error occurs.
     *
     *
     */
    public abstract byte[] readPacket() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Writes a packet to the target VM.
     *
     * <p> Attempts to write, or send, a JDWP packet to the target VM.
     * A write operation only returns after writing the entire packet
     * to the target VM. Writing the entire packet does not mean
     * the entire packet has been transmitted to the target VM
     * but rather that all bytes have been written to the
     * transport service. A transport service based on a TCP/IP connection
     * may, for example, buffer some or all of the packet before
     * transmission on the network.
     *
     * <p> The byte array provided to this method should be laid out
     * as per the <a
     * href="../../../../../../../../../technotes/guides/jpda/jdwp-spec.html">
     * JDWP specification</a>. That is, all fields in the packet
     * are in big endian order. The first byte, that is element
     * <tt>pkt[0]</tt>, is the first byte of the <tt>length</tt> field.
     * <tt>pkt[1]</tt> is the second byte of the <tt>length</tt> field,
     * and so on.
     *
     * <p> Writing a packet does not do any integrity checking on
     * the packet aside from checking the packet length. Checking
     * the packet length requires checking that the value of the
     * <tt>length</tt> field (as indicated by the first four bytes
     * of the packet) is 11 or greater. Consequently the length of
     * the byte array provided to this method, that is
     * <tt>pkt.length</tt>, must be 11 or more, and must be equal
     * or greater than the value of the <tt>length</tt> field. If the
     * length of the byte array is greater than the value of
     * the <tt>length</tt> field then all bytes from element
     * <tt>pkt[length]</tt> onwards are ignored. In other words,
     * any additional bytes that follow the packet in the byte
     * array are ignored and will not be transmitted to the target
     * VM.
     *
     * <p> A write operation may block or may complete immediately.
     * The exact circumstances when an operation blocks depends on
     * the transport service. In the case of a TCP/IP connection to
     * the target VM, the writePacket method may block if there is
     * network congestion or there is insufficient space to buffer
     * the packet in the underlying network system.
     *
     * <p> This method may be invoked at any time.  If another thread has
     * already initiated a write operation upon this Connection then
     * a subsequent invocation of this method will block until the first
     * operation is complete. </p>
     *
     * @param   pkt
     *          The packet to write to the target VM.
     *
     * @throws  ClosedConnectionException
     *          If the connection is closed, or another thread closes
     *          the connection while the write operation is in progress.
     *
     * @throws  java.io.IOException
     *          If an I/O error occurs.
     *
     * @throws  IllegalArgumentException
     *          If the value of the <tt>length</tt> field is invalid,
     *          or the byte array is of insufficient length.
     */
    public abstract void writePacket(byte pkt[]) throws IOException;

    /**
     * Closes this connection.
     *
     * <p> If the connection is already closed then invoking this method
     * has no effect. After a connection is closed, any further attempt
     * calls to {@link #readPacket readPacket} or {@link #writePacket
     * writePacket} will throw a {@link ClosedConnectionException}.
     *
     * <p> Any thread currently blocked in an I/O operation ({@link
     * #readPacket readPacket} or {@link #writePacket writePacket})
     * will throw a {@link ClosedConnectionException}).
     *
     * <p> This method may be invoked at any time.  If some other thread has
     * already invoked it, however, then another invocation will block until
     * the first invocation is complete, after which it will return without
     * effect. </p>
     *
     * @throws  java.io.IOException
     *          If an I/O error occurs
     */
    public abstract void close() throws IOException;

    /**
     * Tells whether or not this connection is open.  </p>
     *
     * @return <tt>true</tt> if, and only if, this connection is open
     */
    public abstract boolean isOpen();
}