/**
 * Logback: the reliable, generic, fast and flexible logging framework.
 * Copyright (C) 1999-2013, QOS.ch. All rights reserved.
 *
 * This program and the accompanying materials are dual-licensed under
 * either the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 as published by
 * the Eclipse Foundation
 *
 *   or (per the licensee's choosing)
 *
 * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1
 * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
 */
package ch.qos.logback.core.net;

import java.net.Socket;
import java.util.concurrent.Callable;

import javax.net.SocketFactory;

/**
 * A {@link Runnable} that (re)connects a socket.
 * <p>
 * An implementation of this interface is responsible for repeatedly 
 * attempting to create a socket connection to a remote host.
 *
 * @author Carl Harris
 */
public interface SocketConnector extends Callable<Socket> {

  /**
   * An exception handler that is notified of all exceptions that occur
   * during the (re)connection process.
   */
  public interface ExceptionHandler {
    void connectionFailed(SocketConnector connector, Exception ex);
  }
  
  /**
   * Blocks the calling thread until a connection is successfully
   * established.
   * @return the connected socket
   * @throws InterruptedException
   */
  Socket call() throws InterruptedException;

  /**
   * Sets the connector's exception handler.
   * <p>
   * The handler must be set before the {@link #call()} method is invoked.
   * @param exceptionHandler the handler to set
   */
  void setExceptionHandler(ExceptionHandler exceptionHandler);
  
  /**
   * Sets the connector's socket factory.
   * <p>
   * If no factory is configured that connector will use the platform's
   * default factory.
   * 
   * @param socketFactory the factory to set
   */
  void setSocketFactory(SocketFactory socketFactory);
  
}
