rice.pastry.messaging
Class MessageDispatch

java.lang.Object
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Direct Known Subclasses:

MultiRingMessageDispatch

public class MessageDispatch

extends java.lang.Object

An object which remembers the mapping from names to MessageReceivers and dispatches messages by request.

Version:

$Id: MessageDispatch.java,v 1.5 2003/04/16 22:33:14 druschel Exp $

Author:

Andrew Ladd

Constructor Summary

MessageDispatch()
Constructor.

Method Summary

boolean	dispatchMessage(rice.pastry.messaging.Message msg) Dispatches a message to the appropriate receiver.
void	registerReceiver(rice.pastry.messaging.Address address, rice.pastry.messaging.MessageReceiver receiver) Registers a receiver with the mail service.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

MessageDispatch

public MessageDispatch()

Constructor.

Method Detail

registerReceiver

public void registerReceiver(rice.pastry.messaging.Address address,
                             rice.pastry.messaging.MessageReceiver receiver)

Registers a receiver with the mail service.

Parameters:

receiver - the receiver.

dispatchMessage

public boolean dispatchMessage(rice.pastry.messaging.Message msg)

Dispatches a message to the appropriate receiver.

Parameters:

msg - the message.

Returns:

true if message could be dispatched, false otherwise.