org.miv.mbox.net
Class Packet

java.lang.Object
  org.miv.mbox.net.Packet

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class Packet
extends Object
implements Serializable

Packet to encapsulate exchanged objects between senders and receivers.

Each object sent is encapsulated inside such a packet. It allows to send meta-data (actually the sender and receiver names) with the data.

Since:

20040624

Author:

Antoine Dutot

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Object[]	data Data of the message.
String	from Name of the sender.
String	to Name of the receiver.

Constructor Summary

Packet(String from, String to, Object[] data)
New packet.

Method Summary

String	getFrom() Sender of the message.
Object[]	getMessage() Message object.
String	getTo() Receiver of the message.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

from

public String from

Name of the sender.

to

public String to

Name of the receiver.

data

public Object[] data

Data of the message.

Constructor Detail

Packet

public Packet(String from,
              String to,
              Object[] data)

New packet.

Parameters:

from - Packet sender name.

to - Packet receiver name.

data - Data objects.

Method Detail

getFrom

public String getFrom()

Sender of the message.

Returns:

The sender name.

getTo

public String getTo()

Receiver of the message.

Returns:

The receiver name.

getMessage

public Object[] getMessage()

Message object.

Returns:

The data object.