Package org.snmp4j.transport

package org.snmp4j.transport

Provides transport protocol mappings for SNMP.

The org.snmp4j.transport classes are capable of sending and receiving byte messages to and from a network using transport mapping specific transport protocol. All SNMP4J transport mappings have to implement the org.snmp4j.TransportMapping interface. SNMP4J supports two transport mappings for the transport protocols UDP and TCP:

• The UDP transport mapping is the default SNMP transport mapping. It is implemented by the DefaultUdpTransportMapping class.
• The TCP transport mapping is implemented by the DefaultTcpTransportMapping using the java.nio package.

Additional transport mappings can be easily added. It is sufficient to implement the org.snmp4j.TransportMapping interface and add an instance of that class to the Snmp (or MessageDispatcher) object. To be able to lookup a transport mapping by an Address class via the TransportMappings (as Snmp does for notification listeners), a transport mapping has to be registered in a transport mapping registration file. The default file is transports.properties in the org.snmp4j.transport package. To use a different file, set the system property org.snmp4j.transportMappings.

Connection-oriented transport mappings like TCP should implement the ConnectionOrientedTransportMapping interface to support MessageLengthDecoder and TransportStateListener.

The following UML class diagram shows the classes of the org.snmp4j.transport package and their relationships (relationships to other packages are not shown):

Related Packages

Package	Description
org.snmp4j	Provides classes and interfaces for creating, sending, and receiving SNMP messages.
org.snmp4j.transport.ssh
org.snmp4j.transport.tls

Class	Description
AbstractTransportMapping<A extends Address>	The AbstractTransportMapping provides an abstract implementation for the message dispatcher list and the maximum inbound message size.
ConnectionOrientedTransportMapping<A extends Address>	Transport mappings for connection oriented transport protocols have to implement this interface.
DefaultSshTransportMapping	The DefaultSshTransportMapping implements a TCP transport mapping with TLS according to RFC 5592 (named SSHTM therein).
DefaultTcpTransportMapping	The DefaultTcpTransportMapping implements a TCP transport mapping with the Java 1.4 new IO API.
DefaultTcpTransportMapping.SnmpMesssageLengthDecoder
DefaultUdpTransportMapping	The DefaultUdpTransportMapping implements a UDP transport mapping based on Java standard IO and using an internal thread for listening on the inbound socket.
DummyTransport<A extends IpAddress>	The DummyTransport is a test TransportMapping for Command Generators which actually does not sent messages over the network.
MessageLength	The MessageLength object contains information about the length of a message and the length of its header.
MessageLengthDecoder	The MessageLengthDecoder needs to be implemented for connection oriented transport mappings, because those transport mappings have no message boundaries.
TcpTransportMapping	The TcpTransportMapping is the abstract base class for TCP transport mappings.
TLSTM	The TLSTM implements the Transport Layer Security Transport Mapping (TLS-TM) as defined by RFC 5953 with the new IO API and SSLEngine.
TLSTM.TLSTMTrustManagerFactory
TransportListener	The TransportListener interface is implemented by objects that process incoming messages from TransportMappings, for example MessageDispatcher.
TransportMappings	The TransportMappings factory can be used to create a transport mapping for an address class.
TransportStateEvent	The TransportStateEvent describes a state change for a transport connection.
TransportStateListener	The TransportStateListener interface can be implemented to monitor the connection state for connection oriented transport mappings.
UdpTransportMapping	The UdpTransportMapping is the abstract base class for UDP transport mappings.
UnsupportedAddressClassException	The UnsupportedAddressClassException indicates a message exception caused by unsupported address class.