com.groiss.cluster.communication
Class Message

java.lang.Object
  com.groiss.cluster.communication.Message

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class Message
extends java.lang.Object
implements java.io.Serializable

This class represents a message sent by the cluster communication mechanism.

It can transport an arbitrary serializable object.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Message()
Default constructor

Message(java.io.Serializable content)
Constructs a message and initializes the content.

Method Summary

java.io.Serializable	getContent() Return the content of this message.
java.lang.String	getFrom() Returns the node id of the sender of the message.
void	setContent(java.io.Serializable content) Set the content of this message.
java.lang.String	toString() Return a String representation of this message.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Message

public Message()

Default constructor

Message

public Message(java.io.Serializable content)

Constructs a message and initializes the content.

Parameters:

content -

Method Detail

getContent

public java.io.Serializable getContent()

Return the content of this message.

Returns:

the content of this message

setContent

public void setContent(java.io.Serializable content)

Set the content of this message.

Parameters:

content - the new content

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Return a String representation of this message.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

the representation of the content

getFrom

public java.lang.String getFrom()

Returns the node id of the sender of the message.

Returns:

the sender id