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Diffstat (limited to 'protocols/ace/RMCast/RMCast_Module_Factory.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | protocols/ace/RMCast/RMCast_Module_Factory.h | 31 |
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/protocols/ace/RMCast/RMCast_Module_Factory.h b/protocols/ace/RMCast/RMCast_Module_Factory.h index 722ad87d678..f0ea58df0e5 100644 --- a/protocols/ace/RMCast/RMCast_Module_Factory.h +++ b/protocols/ace/RMCast/RMCast_Module_Factory.h @@ -27,19 +27,40 @@ class ACE_RMCast_Module; class ACE_RMCast_IO_UDP; +//! Create Module stacks +/*! + * Different application will probably require different + * configurations in their Module stack, some will just want best + * effort semantics. Others will use Reliable communication with a + * maximum retransmission time. Furthermore, applications may want to + * receive messages in send order, or just as soon as they are + * received. + * Obviously most applications will want to change want happens once a + * message is completely received. + * + * To achieve all this flexibility the IO layer uses this factory to + * create the full stack of Modules corresponding to a single + * consumer. + * To keep the complexity under control the intention is to create + * helper Factories, such as Reliable_Module_Factory where + * applications only need to customize a few features. + */ class ACE_RMCast_Export ACE_RMCast_Module_Factory { - // = DESCRIPTION - // public: + //! Destructor virtual ~ACE_RMCast_Module_Factory (void); - // Destructor + //! Create a new proxy virtual ACE_RMCast_Module *create (ACE_RMCast_IO_UDP *) = 0; - // Create a new proxy + //! Destroy a proxy + /*! + * Some factories may allocate modules from a pool, or return the + * same module for all proxies. Consequently, only the factory + * knows how to destroy them. + */ virtual void destroy (ACE_RMCast_Module *) = 0; - // Destroy a proxy }; #if defined (__ACE_INLINE__) |