io.joynr.messaging.routing

Interface MulticastAddressCalculator

public interface MulticastAddressCalculator

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Set<Address>	calculate(ImmutableMessage message) Call this method to calculate a multicast address for the given message.
boolean	createsGlobalTransportAddresses() Used to determine if the addresses created by this calculator are global transport addresses.
boolean	supports(String transport) Used to determine if the address calculator supports providing multicast addresses for a given transport.

Method Detail

calculate

Set<Address> calculate(ImmutableMessage message)

Call this method to calculate a multicast address for the given message. The message must be of type Message.MessageType.VALUE_MESSAGE_TYPE_MULTICAST.

Parameters:

message - the message for which to calculate the address.

Returns:

the address calculated, or null if this wasn't possible.

supports

boolean supports(String transport)

Used to determine if the address calculator supports providing multicast addresses for a given transport.

Parameters:

transport - the transport for which to check whether this calculator can provide addresses for.

Returns:

true if it does, false otherwise.

createsGlobalTransportAddresses

boolean createsGlobalTransportAddresses()

Used to determine if the addresses created by this calculator are global transport addresses.

Returns:

true if it does, false otherwise.