org.jcsp.lang
Interface ChannelOutput

All Superinterfaces:

Poisonable

All Known Subinterfaces:

FilteredChannelOutput, FilteredSharedChannelOutput, MigratableChannelOutput, NetChannelOutput, NetSharedChannelOutput, RejectableChannelOutput, SharedChannelOutput

All Known Implementing Classes:

AltingChannelOutput, BlackHoleChannel, ChannelOutputImpl, ChannelOutputWrapper, FilteredSharedChannelOutputWrapper, RejectableChannelOutputImpl, SharedChannelOutputImpl

public interface ChannelOutput
extends Poisonable

This defines the interface for writing to object channels.

Description

ChannelOutput defines the interface for writing to object channels. The interface contains only one method - write(Object o). This method will block the calling process until the Object has been accepted by the channel. In the (default) case of a zero-buffered synchronising CSP channel, this happens only when a process at the other end of the channel invokes (or has already invoked) a read().

ChannelOutput variables are used to hold channels that are going to be used only for output by the declaring process. This is a security matter -- by declaring a ChannelOutput interface, any attempt to input from the channel will generate a compile-time error. For example, the following code fragment will not compile:

 Object doRead (ChannelOutput c) {
   return c.read ();   // illegal
 }
 

When configuring a CSProcess with output channels, they should be declared as ChannelOutput variables. The actual channel passed, of course, may belong to any channel class that implements ChannelOutput.

Instances of any class may be written to a channel.

Example

 void doWrite (ChannelOutput c, Object o) {
   c.write (o);
 }
 

Author:

P.D.Austin

See Also:

ChannelInput

Method Summary

void	write(Object object) Write an Object to the channel.

Methods inherited from interface org.jcsp.lang.Poisonable

poison

Method Detail

write

void write(Object object)

Write an Object to the channel.

Parameters:

object - the object to write to the channel