rice.pastry.messaging
Class MessageDispatch

java.lang.Object
  rice.pastry.messaging.MessageDispatch

public class MessageDispatch

extends java.lang.Object

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

Field Summary

static int

BUFFER_SIZE

Constructor Summary

MessageDispatch()
Constructor.

Method Summary

protected void	deliverBuffered(Address address)
boolean	dispatchMessage(Message msg) Dispatches a message to the appropriate receiver.
void	registerReceiver(Address address, 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

Field Detail

BUFFER_SIZE

public static int BUFFER_SIZE

Constructor Detail

MessageDispatch

public MessageDispatch()

Constructor.

Method Detail

registerReceiver

public void registerReceiver(Address address,
                             MessageReceiver receiver)

Registers a receiver with the mail service.

Parameters:

receiver - the receiver.

dispatchMessage

public boolean dispatchMessage(Message msg)

Dispatches a message to the appropriate receiver.

Parameters:

msg - the message.

Returns:

true if message could be dispatched, false otherwise.

deliverBuffered

protected void deliverBuffered(Address address)