ListenConnector

Type Parameters:

M - the type of ListenManager used by this connector.

All Superinterfaces:

Connector

All Known Implementing Classes:

BaseListenConnector, BrowserlessListenConnector, SimpleListenConnector, SimplePollingConnector, SimpleUnmanagedListenConnector, UnmanagedListenConnector
```
public interface ListenConnector<M extends ListenManager>
extends Connector
```
Enhanced Connector which provides factory methods to create ListenOperation and ListenManager instances. Connector developers can implement this instead of or in addition to the base Connector interface.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`M`	`createListenManager(ConnectorContext context)`	Creates a new `ListenManager` instance using the provided `ConnectorContext`.
`ListenOperation<M>`	`createListenOperation(OperationContext context)`	Creates a new listen operation using the provided `OperationContext`.

Methods inherited from interface com.boomi.connector.api.Connector
createBrowser, createOperation, initialize

- Method Detail
  - createListenOperation
```
ListenOperation<M> createListenOperation(OperationContext context)
```
    Creates a new listen operation using the provided OperationContext. An operation instance will be created for each listener process and the corresponding ListenOperation.start(Listener, ListenManager) and ListenOperation.stop() methods will be invoked when the listener process is started/stopped.
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - the operation context
    
    Returns:
    
    listen operation instance. must be non-null.
  - createListenManager
```
M createListenManager(ConnectorContext context)
```
    Creates a new ListenManager instance using the provided ConnectorContext. A manager instance is created for each connection with associated ListenOperation instances. The manager will be started the first time a listener is started for the connection and stopped only when all of the listeners for that connection have been stopped.
    
    Parameters:
    
    context - contextual information about the container, connector, and connection
    
    Returns:
    
    the listen manager instance. must be non-null.