Package org.apache.activeio.packet

Class PacketPool

java.lang.Object

org.apache.activeio.packet.PacketPool

Direct Known Subclasses:

ByteBufferPacketPool

public abstract class PacketPool
extends Object

Provides a simple pool of Packet objects. When the packets that this pool produces are disposed, they are returned to the pool.

Version:

$Revision: 1.1 $

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
class	PacketPool.PooledPacket

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static int	DEFAULT_PACKET_SIZE
static int	DEFAULT_POOL_SIZE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PacketPool(int maxPackets)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
protected abstract Packet	allocateNewPacket()
void	dispose()
Packet	getPacket()	Blocks until a ByteBuffer can be retreived from the pool.
void	waitForPacketsToReturn()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

DEFAULT_POOL_SIZE

public static final int DEFAULT_POOL_SIZE

DEFAULT_PACKET_SIZE

public static final int DEFAULT_PACKET_SIZE

Constructor Detail

PacketPool

public PacketPool(int maxPackets)

Parameters:

maxPackets - the number of buffers that will be in the pool.

Method Detail

getPacket

public Packet getPacket()
                 throws InterruptedException

Blocks until a ByteBuffer can be retreived from the pool.

Returns:

Throws:

InterruptedException

dispose

public void dispose()

waitForPacketsToReturn

public void waitForPacketsToReturn()

allocateNewPacket

protected abstract Packet allocateNewPacket()

Returns: