DatagramSocketProvider (Java API Reference for Oracle® Coherence Community Edition)

All Known Implementing Classes:

SystemDatagramSocketProvider, TcpDatagramSocketProvider
```
public interface DatagramSocketProvider
```
DatagramSocketProivder defines an interface for creating datagram and multicast sockets.

Since:

Coherence 12.1.2

Author:

bb 2011.11.21

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`boolean`	`isSecure()`	Return true iff the provider returns sockets which are secured, for instance by TLS.
`DatagramSocket`	`openDatagramSocket()`	Return a new DatagramSocket.
`MulticastSocket`	`openMulticastSocket()`	Return a new MulticastSocket.

- Method Detail
  - openDatagramSocket
```
DatagramSocket openDatagramSocket()
                           throws IOException
```
    Return a new DatagramSocket.
    
    Returns:
    
    the DatagramSocket
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if an I/O related error occurs
  - openMulticastSocket
```
MulticastSocket openMulticastSocket()
                             throws IOException
```
    Return a new MulticastSocket.
    
    Returns:
    
    the MulticastSocket
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if an I/O related error occurs
  - isSecure
```
boolean isSecure()
```
    Return true iff the provider returns sockets which are secured, for instance by TLS.
    
    Returns:
    
    true iff the provider returns secured sockets