com.maverick.ssh2

Interface ChannelFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

AgentForwardingChannelFactory

public interface ChannelFactory

The SSH2 protocol supports many different channel types including sesisons, port forwarding and x11 forwarding; most channels are requested by the client and created by the server however it is possible for the server to request any type of channel from the client, this interface defines the contract for supporting a standard and custom channel creation.

Author:

Lee David Painter

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Ssh2Channel	createChannel(String channeltype, byte[] requestdata) Create an instance of an SSH channel.
String[]	supportedChannelTypes() Return the supported channel types.

Method Detail

supportedChannelTypes

String[] supportedChannelTypes()

Return the supported channel types.

Returns:

an array of Strings containing the channel types.

createChannel

Ssh2Channel createChannel(String channeltype,
                          byte[] requestdata)
                   throws SshException,
                          ChannelOpenException

Create an instance of an SSH channel. The new instance should be returned, if for any reason the channel cannot be created either because the channel is not supported or there are not enough resources an exception is thrown.

Parameters:

channeltype -

requestdata -

Returns:

an open channel

Throws:

ChannelOpenException

SshException