org.astrogrid.samp.client
Interface ClientProfile

All Known Implementing Classes:

StandardClientProfile

public interface ClientProfile

Defines Profile-specific aspects of the SAMP client implementation.

Since:

15 Jul 2008

Author:

Mark Taylor

Method Summary

HubConnection

register() Attempts to register with a SAMP hub and return a corresponding connection object.

Method Detail

register

public HubConnection register()
                       throws SampException

Attempts to register with a SAMP hub and return a corresponding connection object. Some profile-specific hub discovery mechanism is used to locate the hub. If no hub is running, null will normally be returned.

Returns:

hub connection representing a new registration, or null

Throws:

SampException - in case of some unexpected error