jbora
Class Event

java.lang.Object
  jbora.Event

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class Event

extends Object

implements Serializable

A JBora event: An event may be a view change, a message, or a local message. WARNING: in the previous vs.the get() methods could throw a NoXXXEventException, where XXX = event, view, etc. (too many classes!) Now they can only throw the EventException.

Author:

Milan Prica

See Also:

Serialized Form

Method Summary

Message	getLocalMessage() Returns the local call message.
Message	getMessage() Returns the related message.
ProcessID	getSender() Returns the sender of the message related to the event received.
View	getView() Returns the related view.
boolean	isLocalCall() Checks if this event is a local call.
boolean	isMessage() Checks if this event is a message.
boolean	isView() Checks if this event is a view.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

isMessage

public boolean isMessage()

Checks if this event is a message.

Returns:

True if this event is a message

isView

public boolean isView()

Checks if this event is a view.

Returns:

True if this event is a view

isLocalCall

public boolean isLocalCall()

Checks if this event is a local call.

Returns:

True if this event is a local call

getMessage

public Message getMessage()
                   throws EventException

Returns the related message.

Returns:

Message

Throws:

EventException - This event is not a message

getView

public View getView()
             throws EventException

Returns the related view.

Returns:

View

Throws:

EventException - This event is not a view change

getLocalMessage

public Message getLocalMessage()
                        throws EventException

Returns the local call message.

Returns:

Local message

Throws:

EventException - This event is not a local message

getSender

public ProcessID getSender()
                    throws EventException

Returns the sender of the message related to the event received.

Returns:

Sender

Throws:

EventException - This event is not a message