Interface NetworkClient

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, NetworkComponent, PacketSender

public interface NetworkClient
extends NetworkComponent, AutoCloseable

Represents a network component which can be connected to any network server.

Since:

4.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
@NonNull CompletableFuture<Void>	connect(@NonNull HostAndPort hostAndPort)	Connects this network client to the network server running at the given host and port.

Methods inherited from interface AutoCloseable

close

Methods inherited from interface NetworkComponent

channels, closeChannels, firstChannel, packetDispatcher, packetRegistry, sslEnabled

Methods inherited from interface PacketSender

sendPacket, sendPacket, sendPacketSync

Method Details

connect

@NonNull
@NonNull CompletableFuture<Void> connect(@NonNull
 @NonNull HostAndPort hostAndPort)

Connects this network client to the network server running at the given host and port.

Parameters:

hostAndPort - the target host and port to which the client should get connected.

Returns:

a task completed successfully, or with the exception thrown during the connection process.

Throws:

NullPointerException - if the given host and port is null.