Connector (ActiveMQ Artemis Website 2.38.0 API)

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractConnector
```
public interface Connector
```
A Connector is used by the client for creating and controlling a connection.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`close()`	closes the connector
`Connection`	`createConnection()`	Create and return a connection from this connector.
`boolean`	`isEquivalent(Map<String,Object> configuration)`	If the configuration is equivalent to this connector, which means if the parameter configuration is used to create a connection to a target node, it will be the same node as of the connections made with this connector.
`boolean`	`isStarted()`	returns true if the connector is started, oterwise false.
`void`	`start()`	starts the connector

- Method Detail
  - start
```
void start()
```
    starts the connector
  - close
```
void close()
```
    closes the connector
  - isStarted
```
boolean isStarted()
```
    returns true if the connector is started, oterwise false.
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the connector is started
  - createConnection
```
Connection createConnection()
```
    Create and return a connection from this connector.
    This method must NOT throw an exception if it fails to create the connection (e.g. network is not available), in this case it MUST return null
    
    Returns:
    
    The connection, or null if unable to create a connection (e.g. network is unavailable)
  - isEquivalent
```
boolean isEquivalent(Map<String,Object> configuration)
```
    If the configuration is equivalent to this connector, which means if the parameter configuration is used to create a connection to a target node, it will be the same node as of the connections made with this connector.
    
    Parameters:
    
    configuration -
    
    Returns:
    
    true means the configuration is equivalent to the connector. false otherwise.