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Interface PacketReceiver<PACKET>

public interface PacketReceiver<PACKET>

A contract to receive packets from ByteProcessor implementations. Typically an InputStreamProcessor implementation uses this contract to collect generated packets from ByteProcessor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	receive(PACKET packet) Receive a packet from a ByteProcessor.

Method Detail

receive

boolean receive(PACKET packet)
         throws Exception

Receive a packet from a ByteProcessor. This packet may not be fully constructed; in which case it will be passed on to another ByteProcessor.

Parameters:

packet - packet

Returns:

true if the ByteProcessor should quit processing; otherwise false

Throws:

Exception - Exception