<html> <head> <title>Interface XConnectable</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../../idl.css"> </head> <body> <div id="adc-idlref"> <a name="_top_"> </a><table class="navimain" border="0" cellpadding="3"> <tr> <td class="navimain"><a href="../module-ix.html" class="navimain">Overview</a></td> <td class="navimain"><a href="module-ix.html" class="navimain">Module</a></td> <td class="navimain"><a href="XConnectable-xref.html" class="navimain">Use</a></td> <td class="navimainnone">Devguide</td> <td class="navimain"><a href="../../../../index-files/index-1.html" class="navimain">Index</a></td> </tr> </table> <table class="navisub" border="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td class="navisub"><a href="#MethodsSummary" class="navisub">Methods' Summary</a></td> <td class="navisub">Attributes' Summary</td> <td class="navisub"><a href="#MethodsDetails" class="navisub">Methods' Details</a></td> <td class="navisub">Attributes' Details</td> </tr> </table> <hr> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="3" class="title-table" style="margin-bottom:6pt;"> <tr> <td><p class="namechain"><a href="../../../../module-ix.html" class="namechain">::</a> <a href="../../../module-ix.html" class="namechain">com</a> :: <a href="../../module-ix.html" class="namechain">sun</a> :: <a href="../module-ix.html" class="namechain">star</a> :: <a href="module-ix.html" class="namechain">io</a> :: </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="title">interface XConnectable</td> </tr> <tr> <td/></tr> <tr> <td><dl> <dt><b>Description</b></dt> <dd>makes it possible to connect data sinks and sources. </dd> <dd><p>The predecessor-member is the element in the connection that is nearer to the source of the data. The successor-member is the element that is further away from the source of the data. (Note that this classification does not depend on whether the class implements <a href="XInputStream.html">XInputStream</a> or <a href="XOutputStream.html">XOutputStream</a>; it only depends on the direction of data flow.) </p> <p>This interface allows generic services to navigate between arbitrary elements of a connection.</p> </dd> </dl> </td> </tr> </table> <hr> <a name="MethodsSummary"/><table border="1" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="subtitle"> <tr> <td class="subtitle" colspan="2">Methods' Summary</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imsum_left"><a href="#setPredecessor">setPredecessor</a></td> <td class="imsum_right">sets the source of the data flow for this object. </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imsum_left"><a href="#getPredecessor">getPredecessor</a></td> <td class="imsum_right"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imsum_left"><a href="#setSuccessor">setSuccessor</a></td> <td class="imsum_right">sets the sink of the data flow for this object. </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imsum_left"><a href="#getSuccessor">getSuccessor</a></td> <td class="imsum_right"> </td> </tr> </table> <a name="MethodsDetails"/><table border="1" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="subtitle"> <tr> <td class="subtitle">Methods' Details</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imdetail"><a name="setPredecessor" class="membertitle">setPredecessor</a><table border="0" width="96%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="table-in-method" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"> <tr> <td><table class="table-in-method" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3">void</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><b>setPredecessor</b>(</td> <td valign="top">[in] <a href="XConnectable.html">XConnectable</a></td> <td valign="bottom"> aPredecessor );</td> </tr> </table> <hr> <dl> <dt><b>Description</b></dt> <dd>sets the source of the data flow for this object. </dd> </dl> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imdetail"><a name="getPredecessor" class="membertitle">getPredecessor</a><table border="0" width="96%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="table-in-method" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"> <tr> <td><table class="table-in-method" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3"><a href="XConnectable.html">XConnectable</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><b>getPredecessor</b>();</td> </tr> </table> <hr> <dl> <dt><b>Returns</b></dt> <dd>the predecessor of this object. </dd> </dl> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imdetail"><a name="setSuccessor" class="membertitle">setSuccessor</a><table border="0" width="96%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="table-in-method" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"> <tr> <td><table class="table-in-method" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3">void</td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><b>setSuccessor</b>(</td> <td valign="top">[in] <a href="XConnectable.html">XConnectable</a></td> <td valign="bottom"> aSuccessor );</td> </tr> </table> <hr> <dl> <dt><b>Description</b></dt> <dd>sets the sink of the data flow for this object. </dd> </dl> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="imdetail"><a name="getSuccessor" class="membertitle">getSuccessor</a><table border="0" width="96%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" class="table-in-method" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="center"> <tr> <td><table class="table-in-method" border="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" colspan="3"><a href="XConnectable.html">XConnectable</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top"><b>getSuccessor</b>();</td> </tr> </table> <hr> <dl> <dt><b>Returns</b></dt> <dd>the successor of this object. </dd> </dl> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <a href="#_top_">Top of Page</a><hr size="3"><p class="copyright" align="center">Copyright © 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. 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