com.rabbitmq.client
Interface Connection

All Superinterfaces:
ShutdownNotifier
All Known Implementing Classes:
AMQConnection

public interface Connection
extends ShutdownNotifier

Public API: Interface to an AMQ connection. See the see the spec for details.

To connect to a broker, fill in a ConnectionFactory and use a ConnectionFactory as follows:

 ConnectionFactory factory = new ConnectionFactory();
 factory.setHost(hostName);
 factory.setPort(portNumber);
 factory.setVirtualHost(virtualHost);
 factory.setUsername(username);
 factory.setPassword(password);
 Connection conn = factory.newConnection();

 // Then open a channel:

 Channel channel = conn.createChannel();
 
Or, more compactly:
 ConnectionFactory factory = new ConnectionFactory();
 factory.setUri("amqp://username:password@hostName:portNumber/virtualHost");
 Connection conn = factory.newConnection();
 Channel channel = conn.createChannel()
 
Current implementations are thread-safe for code at the client API level, and in fact thread-safe internally except for code within RPC calls.


Method Summary
 void abort()
          Abort this connection and all its channels with the AMQP.REPLY_SUCCESS close code and message 'OK'.
 void abort(int timeout)
          Abort this connection and all its channels with the AMQP.REPLY_SUCCESS close code and message 'OK'.
 void abort(int closeCode, java.lang.String closeMessage)
          Abort this connection and all its channels.
 void abort(int closeCode, java.lang.String closeMessage, int timeout)
          Abort this connection and all its channels.
 void close()
          Close this connection and all its channels with the AMQP.REPLY_SUCCESS close code and message 'OK'.
 void close(int timeout)
          Close this connection and all its channels with the AMQP.REPLY_SUCCESS close code and message 'OK'.
 void close(int closeCode, java.lang.String closeMessage)
          Close this connection and all its channels.
 void close(int closeCode, java.lang.String closeMessage, int timeout)
          Close this connection and all its channels.
 Channel createChannel()
          Create a new channel, using an internally allocated channel number.
 Channel createChannel(int channelNumber)
          Create a new channel, using the specified channel number if possible.
 java.net.InetAddress getAddress()
          Retrieve the host.
 int getChannelMax()
          Get the negotiated maximum channel number.
 java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> getClientProperties()
          Get a copy of the map of client properties sent to the server
 int getFrameMax()
          Get the negotiated maximum frame size.
 int getHeartbeat()
          Get the negotiated heartbeat interval.
 int getPort()
          Retrieve the port number.
 java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> getServerProperties()
          Retrieve the server properties.
 
Methods inherited from interface com.rabbitmq.client.ShutdownNotifier
addShutdownListener, getCloseReason, isOpen, notifyListeners, removeShutdownListener
 

Method Detail

getAddress

java.net.InetAddress getAddress()
Retrieve the host.

Returns:
the hostname of the peer we're connected to.

getPort

int getPort()
Retrieve the port number.

Returns:
the port number of the peer we're connected to.

getChannelMax

int getChannelMax()
Get the negotiated maximum channel number. Usable channel numbers range from 1 to this number, inclusive.

Returns:
the maximum channel number permitted for this connection.

getFrameMax

int getFrameMax()
Get the negotiated maximum frame size.

Returns:
the maximum frame size, in octets; zero if unlimited

getHeartbeat

int getHeartbeat()
Get the negotiated heartbeat interval.

Returns:
the heartbeat interval, in seconds; zero if none

getClientProperties

java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> getClientProperties()
Get a copy of the map of client properties sent to the server

Returns:
a copy of the map of client properties

getServerProperties

java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> getServerProperties()
Retrieve the server properties.

Returns:
a map of the server properties. This typically includes the product name and version of the server.

createChannel

Channel createChannel()
                      throws java.io.IOException
Create a new channel, using an internally allocated channel number.

Returns:
a new channel descriptor, or null if none is available
Throws:
java.io.IOException - if an I/O problem is encountered

createChannel

Channel createChannel(int channelNumber)
                      throws java.io.IOException
Create a new channel, using the specified channel number if possible.

Parameters:
channelNumber - the channel number to allocate
Returns:
a new channel descriptor, or null if this channel number is already in use
Throws:
java.io.IOException - if an I/O problem is encountered

close

void close()
           throws java.io.IOException
Close this connection and all its channels with the AMQP.REPLY_SUCCESS close code and message 'OK'. Waits for all the close operations to complete.

Throws:
java.io.IOException - if an I/O problem is encountered

close

void close(int closeCode,
           java.lang.String closeMessage)
           throws java.io.IOException
Close this connection and all its channels. Waits for all the close operations to complete.

Parameters:
closeCode - the close code (See under "Reply Codes" in the AMQP specification)
closeMessage - a message indicating the reason for closing the connection
Throws:
java.io.IOException - if an I/O problem is encountered

close

void close(int timeout)
           throws java.io.IOException
Close this connection and all its channels with the AMQP.REPLY_SUCCESS close code and message 'OK'. This method behaves in a similar way as close(), with the only difference that it waits with a provided timeout for all the close operations to complete. When timeout is reached the socket is forced to close.

Parameters:
timeout - timeout (in milliseconds) for completing all the close-related operations, use -1 for infinity
Throws:
java.io.IOException - if an I/O problem is encountered

close

void close(int closeCode,
           java.lang.String closeMessage,
           int timeout)
           throws java.io.IOException
Close this connection and all its channels. Waits with the given timeout for all the close operations to complete. When timeout is reached the socket is forced to close.

Parameters:
closeCode - the close code (See under "Reply Codes" in the AMQP specification)
closeMessage - a message indicating the reason for closing the connection
timeout - timeout (in milliseconds) for completing all the close-related operations, use -1 for infinity
Throws:
java.io.IOException - if an I/O problem is encountered

abort

void abort()
Abort this connection and all its channels with the AMQP.REPLY_SUCCESS close code and message 'OK'. Forces the connection to close. Any encountered exceptions in the close operations are silently discarded.


abort

void abort(int closeCode,
           java.lang.String closeMessage)
Abort this connection and all its channels. Forces the connection to close and waits for all the close operations to complete. Any encountered exceptions in the close operations are silently discarded.

Parameters:
closeCode - the close code (See under "Reply Codes" in the AMQP specification)
closeMessage - a message indicating the reason for closing the connection

abort

void abort(int timeout)
Abort this connection and all its channels with the AMQP.REPLY_SUCCESS close code and message 'OK'. This method behaves in a similar way as abort(), with the only difference that it waits with a provided timeout for all the close operations to complete. When timeout is reached the socket is forced to close.

Parameters:
timeout - timeout (in milliseconds) for completing all the close-related operations, use -1 for infinity

abort

void abort(int closeCode,
           java.lang.String closeMessage,
           int timeout)
Abort this connection and all its channels. Forces the connection to close and waits with the given timeout for all the close operations to complete. When timeout is reached the socket is forced to close. Any encountered exceptions in the close operations are silently discarded.

Parameters:
closeCode - the close code (See under "Reply Codes" in the AMQP specification)
closeMessage - a message indicating the reason for closing the connection
timeout - timeout (in milliseconds) for completing all the close-related operations, use -1 for infinity