Package org.snmp4j.transport
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:
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The UDP transport mapping is the default SNMP transport mapping. It is
implemented by the
DefaultUdpTransportMappingclass. -
The TCP transport mapping is implemented by the
DefaultTcpTransportMappingusing thejava.niopackage.
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):

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ClassDescriptionThe
AbstractConnectionOrientedTransportMappingimplements generic functions for a connection oriented transport mapping for server and client connections.AbstractServerSocket<A extends Address>TheAbstractServerSocketinterface provides methods to manage the sockets of a connection oriented transport mapping listening for incoming requests.AbstractSocketEntry<A extends Address>TheAbstractSocketEntryextends theAbstractServerSocketand implements a genericAddresstoSocketChannelmapping to be used byTransportMapping.AbstractTransportMapping<A extends Address>TheAbstractTransportMappingprovides an abstract implementation for the message dispatcher list and the maximum inbound message size.TheAbstractTransportServerThreadis aWorkerTaskthat serves server connections using Java NIO forConnectionOrientedTransportMappings.ConnectionOrientedTransportMapping<A extends Address>Transport mappings for connection oriented transport protocols have to implement this interface.TheDefaultTcpTransportMappingimplements a TCP transport mapping with the Java 1.4 new IO API.TheDefaultUdpTransportMappingimplements a UDP transport mapping based on Java standard IO and using an internal thread for listening on the inbound socket.TheDTLSTMimplements the Datagram Transport Layer Security Transport Mapping (TLS-TM) as defined by RFC 5953 with the new IO API andSSLEngine.DummyTransport<A extends IpAddress>TheDummyTransportis a test TransportMapping for Command Generators which actually does not sent messages over the network.TheMessageLengthobject contains information about the length of a message and the length of its header.TheMessageLengthDecoderneeds to be implemented for connection oriented transport mappings, because those transport mappings have no message boundaries.SocketTimeout<A extends Address>TheSocketTimeoutis aTimerTaskthat provides means to detect when a socket is not used for predefined time and then close the socket and free its resources.TheTcpTransportMappingis the abstract base class for TCP transport mappings.TheTLSTMimplements the Transport Layer Security Transport Mapping (TLS-TM) as defined by RFC 5953 with the new IO API andSSLEngine.TheTransportListenerinterface is implemented by objects that process incoming messages fromTransportMappings, for exampleMessageDispatcher.TheTransportMappingsfactory can be used to create a transport mapping for an address class.TheTransportStateEventdescribes a state change for a transport connection.TheTransportStateListenerinterface can be implemented to monitor the connection state for connection oriented transport mappings.TheTransportTypedefines the communication capabilities of aTransportMappingregarding the communication initiation (thus its direction).TheUdpTransportMappingis the abstract base class for UDP transport mappings.TheUnsupportedAddressClassExceptionindicates a message exception caused by unsupported address class.