01: /*
02: *
03: *
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26:
27: package javax.microedition.io;
28:
29: import java.io.*;
30:
31: /**
32: * This is the most basic type of generic connection. Only the
33: * <code>close</code> method is defined. No open method is
34: * defined here because opening is always done using the
35: * <code>Connector.open()</code> methods.
36: *
37: * @version 12/17/01 (CLDC 1.1)
38: * @since CLDC 1.0
39: */
40: public interface Connection {
41:
42: /**
43: * Close the connection.
44: * <p>
45: * When a connection has been closed, access to any of its methods
46: * that involve an I/O operation will cause an <code>IOException</code>
47: * to be thrown.
48: * Closing an already closed connection has no effect. Streams
49: * derived from the connection may be open when method is called.
50: * Any open streams will cause the connection to be held open
51: * until they themselves are closed. In this latter case access
52: * to the open streams is permitted, but access to the connection
53: * is not.
54: *
55: * @exception IOException If an I/O error occurs
56: */
57: public void close() throws IOException;
58: }
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