ch.epfl.dedis.eventlog

Class Event

java.lang.Object

ch.epfl.dedis.eventlog.Event

public final class Event
extends Object

A contract of an Event can be sent and stored by ByzCoin.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Event(EventLogProto.Event e) Constructs an event from the protobuf Event type.
Event(long when, String topic, String content) This is the constructor for Event.
Event(String topic, String content) This is the constructor for Event, the timestamp is set to the current time.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object o)
String	getContent()
String	getTopic()
long	getWhen()
EventLogProto.Event	toProto() Converts this object to the protobuf representation.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Event

public Event(long when,
             String topic,
             String content)

This is the constructor for Event.

Parameters:

when - When the even happened, in UNIX nano seconds.

topic - The topic of the event, which can be used to filter events on retrieval.

content - The content of the event.

Event

public Event(EventLogProto.Event e)

Constructs an event from the protobuf Event type.

Parameters:

e - The event of the protobuf type.

Event

public Event(String topic,
             String content)

This is the constructor for Event, the timestamp is set to the current time.

Parameters:

topic - The topic of the event, which can be used to filter events on retrieval.

content - The content of the event.

Method Detail

toProto

public EventLogProto.Event toProto()

Converts this object to the protobuf representation.

Returns:

The protobuf representation.

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

getWhen

public long getWhen()

Returns:

when the event was logged

getTopic

public String getTopic()

Returns:

the topic of the event

getContent

public String getContent()

Returns:

the content of the event