bt.peer

Interface PeerSource

All Known Implementing Classes:

DHTPeerSource, ScheduledPeerSource

public interface PeerSource

A source of peers for a torrent

Since:

1.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Collection<Peer>	getPeers() Get the list of peers.
boolean	update() Ask to update the list of peers (usually from an external source).

Method Detail

update

boolean update()

Ask to update the list of peers (usually from an external source). Implementations may choose to refuse to perform an update under certain conditions, e.g. when insufficient time has passed since the last update.

Returns:

true if the list of peers has been updated; false otherwise

Since:

1.0

getPeers

Collection<Peer> getPeers()

Get the list of peers. Implementations should return empty list before update() has been called for the first time.

Returns:

List of peers

Since:

1.0