source: geniuswebcore/geniusweb/connection/Connectable.py@ 81

from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
from typing import TypeVar, Generic, List

from geniusweb.connection.ConnectionEnd import ConnectionEnd

INTYPE = TypeVar('INTYPE')
OUTTYPE = TypeVar('OUTTYPE')

class Connectable(ABC, Generic[INTYPE,OUTTYPE]):
        '''
        A Connectable is an object that can connect on request with a provided
        {@link ConnectionEnd} and then respond to incoming and outgong signals.
        @param <INTYPE>  the type of incoming messages
        @param <OUTTYPE> the type of outgoing messages
        '''

        @abstractmethod
        def connect(self,connection:ConnectionEnd[INTYPE, OUTTYPE] ):
                '''
                creates the connection. Only called if not yet connected.
                @param connection the new connection
                '''
                
        @abstractmethod
        def disconnect(self):
                '''
                Removes the connection from a connectable; the previously given
                connection can not be used anymore after this call. Only called if
                previously connected.

                '''