org.apache.catalina.tribes

Interface ChannelMessage

public interface ChannelMessage extends Serializable

Message that is passed through the interceptor stack after the data serialized in the Channel object and then passed down to the interceptor and eventually down to the ChannelSender component

Author: Filip Hanik

Method Summary
Object	clone() Shallow clone, what gets cloned depends on the implementation
Object	deepclone() Deep clone, all fields MUST get cloned
Member	getAddress() Get the address that this message originated from.
XByteBuffer	getMessage() returns the byte buffer that contains the actual message payload
int	getOptions() The message options is a 32 bit flag set that triggers interceptors and message behavior.
long	getTimestamp() Timestamp of when the message was created.
byte[]	getUniqueId() Each message must have a globally unique Id. interceptors heavily depend on this id for message processing
void	setAddress(Member member) Sets the source or reply-to address of this message
void	setMessage(XByteBuffer buf) The byte buffer that contains the actual message payload
void	setOptions(int options) sets the option bits for this message
void	setTimestamp(long timestamp) Sets the timestamp of this message

Method Detail

clone

public Object clone()

Shallow clone, what gets cloned depends on the implementation

Returns: ChannelMessage

deepclone

public Object deepclone()

Deep clone, all fields MUST get cloned

Returns: ChannelMessage

Get the address that this message originated from. Almost always Channel.getLocalMember(boolean)
This would be set to a different address if the message was being relayed from a host other than the one that originally sent it.

Returns: the source or reply-to address of this message