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package rice.pastry.socket.messaging;

import java.io.*;
import java.net.*;

import rice.environment.Environment;
import rice.p2p.commonapi.*;
import rice.p2p.commonapi.rawserialization.InputBuffer;
import rice.pastry.socket.*;
import rice.pastry.*;

/**
 * Class which represents a "ping" message sent through the socket pastry
 * system.
 *
 * @version $Id: PingMessage.java 3274 2006-05-15 16:17:47Z jeffh $
 * @author Alan Mislove
 */
public class PingMessage extends DatagramMessage {

  final static long serialVersionUID = -1831848738223899227L;
  /**
   * DESCRIBE THE FIELD
   */
  public final static short TYPE = 8;

  /**
   * Constructor
   *
   * @param start DESCRIBE THE PARAMETER
   */
  public PingMessage(
  /*
   *  SourceRoute outbound, SourceRoute inbound,
   */
                     long start) {
    super(
    /*
     *  outbound, inbound,
     */
      start);
  }

  /**
   * Constructor for PingMessage.
   *
   * @param buf DESCRIBE THE PARAMETER
   * @exception IOException DESCRIBE THE EXCEPTION
   */
  public PingMessage(InputBuffer buf) throws IOException {
    super(buf);
  }

  /**
   * Gets the Type attribute of the PingMessage object
   *
   * @return The Type value
   */
  public short getType() {
    return TYPE;
  }

  /**
   * DESCRIBE THE METHOD
   *
   * @return DESCRIBE THE RETURN VALUE
   */
  public String toString() {
    return "PingMessage";
  }

}
