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.

Version:

$Id: MessageDispatch.java,v 1.13 2005/03/11 00:58:13 jeffh Exp $

Author:

Andrew Ladd

Field Summary

static int

BUFFER_SIZE DESCRIBE THE FIELD

Constructor Summary

MessageDispatch()
Constructor.

Method Summary

protected void	deliverBuffered(Address address) DESCRIBE THE METHOD
boolean	dispatchMessage(Message msg) Dispatches a message to the appropriate receiver.
MessageReceiver	getDestination(Message msg) Gets the Destination attribute of the MessageDispatch object
MessageReceiver	getDestinationByAddress(Address addr) Gets the DestinationByAddress attribute of the MessageDispatch object
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

DESCRIBE THE FIELD

Constructor Detail

MessageDispatch

public MessageDispatch()

Constructor.

Method Detail

getDestination

public MessageReceiver getDestination(Message msg)

Gets the Destination attribute of the MessageDispatch object

Parameters:

msg - DESCRIBE THE PARAMETER

Returns:

The Destination value

getDestinationByAddress

public MessageReceiver getDestinationByAddress(Address addr)

Gets the DestinationByAddress attribute of the MessageDispatch object

Parameters:

addr - DESCRIBE THE PARAMETER

Returns:

The DestinationByAddress value

registerReceiver

public void registerReceiver(Address address,
                             MessageReceiver receiver)

Registers a receiver with the mail service.

Parameters:

receiver - the receiver.

address - DESCRIBE THE PARAMETER

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)

DESCRIBE THE METHOD

Parameters:

address - DESCRIBE THE PARAMETER