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Java example source code file (SocketOptions.java)

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The SocketOptions.java Java example source code

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package java.net;

import java.lang.annotation.Native;

/**
 * Interface of methods to get/set socket options.  This interface is
 * implemented by: <B>SocketImpl and  DatagramSocketImpl.
 * Subclasses of these should override the methods
 * of this interface in order to support their own options.
 * <P>
 * The methods and constants which specify options in this interface are
 * for implementation only.  If you're not subclassing SocketImpl or
 * DatagramSocketImpl, <B>you won't use these directly. There are
 * type-safe methods to get/set each of these options in Socket, ServerSocket,
 * DatagramSocket and MulticastSocket.
 * <P>
 * @author David Brown
 */


public interface SocketOptions {

    /**
     * Enable/disable the option specified by <I>optID.  If the option
     * is to be enabled, and it takes an option-specific "value",  this is
     * passed in <I>value.  The actual type of value is option-specific,
     * and it is an error to pass something that isn't of the expected type:
     * <BR>
     * SocketImpl s;
     * ...
     * s.setOption(SO_LINGER, new Integer(10));
     *    // OK - set SO_LINGER w/ timeout of 10 sec.
     * s.setOption(SO_LINGER, new Double(10));
     *    // ERROR - expects java.lang.Integer
     *</PRE>
     * If the requested option is binary, it can be set using this method by
     * a java.lang.Boolean:
     * <BR>
     * s.setOption(TCP_NODELAY, new Boolean(true));
     *    // OK - enables TCP_NODELAY, a binary option
     * </PRE>
     * <BR>
     * Any option can be disabled using this method with a Boolean(false):
     * <BR>
     * s.setOption(TCP_NODELAY, new Boolean(false));
     *    // OK - disables TCP_NODELAY
     * s.setOption(SO_LINGER, new Boolean(false));
     *    // OK - disables SO_LINGER
     * </PRE>
     * <BR>
     * For an option that has a notion of on and off, and requires
     * a non-boolean parameter, setting its value to anything other than
     * <I>Boolean(false) implicitly enables it.
     * <BR>
     * Throws SocketException if the option is unrecognized,
     * the socket is closed, or some low-level error occurred
     * <BR>
     * @param optID identifies the option
     * @param value the parameter of the socket option
     * @throws SocketException if the option is unrecognized,
     * the socket is closed, or some low-level error occurred
     * @see #getOption(int)
     */
    public void
        setOption(int optID, Object value) throws SocketException;

    /**
     * Fetch the value of an option.
     * Binary options will return java.lang.Boolean(true)
     * if enabled, java.lang.Boolean(false) if disabled, e.g.:
     * <BR>
     * SocketImpl s;
     * ...
     * Boolean noDelay = (Boolean)(s.getOption(TCP_NODELAY));
     * if (noDelay.booleanValue()) {
     *     // true if TCP_NODELAY is enabled...
     * ...
     * }
     * </PRE>
     * <P>
     * For options that take a particular type as a parameter,
     * getOption(int) will return the parameter's value, else
     * it will return java.lang.Boolean(false):
     * <PRE>
     * Object o = s.getOption(SO_LINGER);
     * if (o instanceof Integer) {
     *     System.out.print("Linger time is " + ((Integer)o).intValue());
     * } else {
     *   // the true type of o is java.lang.Boolean(false);
     * }
     * </PRE>
     *
     * @param optID an {@code int} identifying the option to fetch
     * @return the value of the option
     * @throws SocketException if the socket is closed
     * @throws SocketException if <I>optID is unknown along the
     *         protocol stack (including the SocketImpl)
     * @see #setOption(int, java.lang.Object)
     */
    public Object getOption(int optID) throws SocketException;

    /**
     * The java-supported BSD-style options.
     */

    /**
     * Disable Nagle's algorithm for this connection.  Written data
     * to the network is not buffered pending acknowledgement of
     * previously written data.
     *<P>
     * Valid for TCP only: SocketImpl.
     *
     * @see Socket#setTcpNoDelay
     * @see Socket#getTcpNoDelay
     */

    @Native public final static int TCP_NODELAY = 0x0001;

    /**
     * Fetch the local address binding of a socket (this option cannot
     * be "set" only "gotten", since sockets are bound at creation time,
     * and so the locally bound address cannot be changed).  The default local
     * address of a socket is INADDR_ANY, meaning any local address on a
     * multi-homed host.  A multi-homed host can use this option to accept
     * connections to only one of its addresses (in the case of a
     * ServerSocket or DatagramSocket), or to specify its return address
     * to the peer (for a Socket or DatagramSocket).  The parameter of
     * this option is an InetAddress.
     * <P>
     * This option <B>must be specified in the constructor.
     * <P>
     * Valid for: SocketImpl, DatagramSocketImpl
     *
     * @see Socket#getLocalAddress
     * @see DatagramSocket#getLocalAddress
     */

    @Native public final static int SO_BINDADDR = 0x000F;

    /** Sets SO_REUSEADDR for a socket.  This is used only for MulticastSockets
     * in java, and it is set by default for MulticastSockets.
     * <P>
     * Valid for: DatagramSocketImpl
     */

    @Native public final static int SO_REUSEADDR = 0x04;

    /**
     * Sets SO_BROADCAST for a socket. This option enables and disables
     * the ability of the process to send broadcast messages. It is supported
     * for only datagram sockets and only on networks that support
     * the concept of a broadcast message (e.g. Ethernet, token ring, etc.),
     * and it is set by default for DatagramSockets.
     * @since 1.4
     */

    @Native public final static int SO_BROADCAST = 0x0020;

    /** Set which outgoing interface on which to send multicast packets.
     * Useful on hosts with multiple network interfaces, where applications
     * want to use other than the system default.  Takes/returns an InetAddress.
     * <P>
     * Valid for Multicast: DatagramSocketImpl
     *
     * @see MulticastSocket#setInterface(InetAddress)
     * @see MulticastSocket#getInterface()
     */

    @Native public final static int IP_MULTICAST_IF = 0x10;

    /** Same as above. This option is introduced so that the behaviour
     *  with IP_MULTICAST_IF will be kept the same as before, while
     *  this new option can support setting outgoing interfaces with either
     *  IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
     *
     *  NOTE: make sure there is no conflict with this
     * @see MulticastSocket#setNetworkInterface(NetworkInterface)
     * @see MulticastSocket#getNetworkInterface()
     * @since 1.4
     */
    @Native public final static int IP_MULTICAST_IF2 = 0x1f;

    /**
     * This option enables or disables local loopback of multicast datagrams.
     * This option is enabled by default for Multicast Sockets.
     * @since 1.4
     */

    @Native public final static int IP_MULTICAST_LOOP = 0x12;

    /**
     * This option sets the type-of-service or traffic class field
     * in the IP header for a TCP or UDP socket.
     * @since 1.4
     */

    @Native public final static int IP_TOS = 0x3;

    /**
     * Specify a linger-on-close timeout.  This option disables/enables
     * immediate return from a <B>close() of a TCP Socket.  Enabling
     * this option with a non-zero Integer <I>timeout means that a
     * <B>close() will block pending the transmission and acknowledgement
     * of all data written to the peer, at which point the socket is closed
     * <I>gracefully.  Upon reaching the linger timeout, the socket is
     * closed <I>forcefully, with a TCP RST. Enabling the option with a
     * timeout of zero does a forceful close immediately. If the specified
     * timeout value exceeds 65,535 it will be reduced to 65,535.
     * <P>
     * Valid only for TCP: SocketImpl
     *
     * @see Socket#setSoLinger
     * @see Socket#getSoLinger
     */
    @Native public final static int SO_LINGER = 0x0080;

    /** Set a timeout on blocking Socket operations:
     * <PRE>
     * ServerSocket.accept();
     * SocketInputStream.read();
     * DatagramSocket.receive();
     * </PRE>
     *
     * <P> The option must be set prior to entering a blocking
     * operation to take effect.  If the timeout expires and the
     * operation would continue to block,
     * <B>java.io.InterruptedIOException is raised.  The Socket is
     * not closed in this case.
     *
     * <P> Valid for all sockets: SocketImpl, DatagramSocketImpl
     *
     * @see Socket#setSoTimeout
     * @see ServerSocket#setSoTimeout
     * @see DatagramSocket#setSoTimeout
     */
    @Native public final static int SO_TIMEOUT = 0x1006;

    /**
     * Set a hint the size of the underlying buffers used by the
     * platform for outgoing network I/O. When used in set, this is a
     * suggestion to the kernel from the application about the size of
     * buffers to use for the data to be sent over the socket. When
     * used in get, this must return the size of the buffer actually
     * used by the platform when sending out data on this socket.
     *
     * Valid for all sockets: SocketImpl, DatagramSocketImpl
     *
     * @see Socket#setSendBufferSize
     * @see Socket#getSendBufferSize
     * @see DatagramSocket#setSendBufferSize
     * @see DatagramSocket#getSendBufferSize
     */
    @Native public final static int SO_SNDBUF = 0x1001;

    /**
     * Set a hint the size of the underlying buffers used by the
     * platform for incoming network I/O. When used in set, this is a
     * suggestion to the kernel from the application about the size of
     * buffers to use for the data to be received over the
     * socket. When used in get, this must return the size of the
     * buffer actually used by the platform when receiving in data on
     * this socket.
     *
     * Valid for all sockets: SocketImpl, DatagramSocketImpl
     *
     * @see Socket#setReceiveBufferSize
     * @see Socket#getReceiveBufferSize
     * @see DatagramSocket#setReceiveBufferSize
     * @see DatagramSocket#getReceiveBufferSize
     */
    @Native public final static int SO_RCVBUF = 0x1002;

    /**
     * When the keepalive option is set for a TCP socket and no data
     * has been exchanged across the socket in either direction for
     * 2 hours (NOTE: the actual value is implementation dependent),
     * TCP automatically sends a keepalive probe to the peer. This probe is a
     * TCP segment to which the peer must respond.
     * One of three responses is expected:
     * 1. The peer responds with the expected ACK. The application is not
     *    notified (since everything is OK). TCP will send another probe
     *    following another 2 hours of inactivity.
     * 2. The peer responds with an RST, which tells the local TCP that
     *    the peer host has crashed and rebooted. The socket is closed.
     * 3. There is no response from the peer. The socket is closed.
     *
     * The purpose of this option is to detect if the peer host crashes.
     *
     * Valid only for TCP socket: SocketImpl
     *
     * @see Socket#setKeepAlive
     * @see Socket#getKeepAlive
     */
    @Native public final static int SO_KEEPALIVE = 0x0008;

    /**
     * When the OOBINLINE option is set, any TCP urgent data received on
     * the socket will be received through the socket input stream.
     * When the option is disabled (which is the default) urgent data
     * is silently discarded.
     *
     * @see Socket#setOOBInline
     * @see Socket#getOOBInline
     */
    @Native public final static int SO_OOBINLINE = 0x1003;
}

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