com.purpletech.message
Interface MessagePeer

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPeer, MessageClient

public interface MessagePeer

Method Summary

void	addMessageListener(MessageListener listener) adds an event listener that receives all incoming messages received by this peer
void	bind(java.lang.String name)
void	connect() Try to connect to the server
void	disconnect() Try to disconnect from the server
int	getID() get the ID of this peer
boolean	isConnected() are we connected or not?
int	lookup(java.lang.String name) Look up a peer id that's been bound to a name
void	removeMessageListener(MessageListener listener)
void	sendMessage(Message message) sends a message out across the pipe
void	setSendSystemMessages(boolean doIt) If doSendSystemMessages is TRUE, then all system messages get dispatched to all listeners.
void	start() Spawn a thread to start receiving messages.
void	stop() Stop receiving messages.

Method Detail

connect

public void connect()
             throws java.io.IOException

Try to connect to the server

java.io.IOException

disconnect

public void disconnect()

Try to disconnect from the server

getID

public int getID()

get the ID of this peer

isConnected

public boolean isConnected()

are we connected or not?

sendMessage

public void sendMessage(Message message)

sends a message out across the pipe

start

public void start()

Spawn a thread to start receiving messages.

stop

public void stop()

Stop receiving messages. Stops the thread (maybe after a little while).

addMessageListener

public void addMessageListener(MessageListener listener)

adds an event listener that receives all incoming messages received by this peer

removeMessageListener

public void removeMessageListener(MessageListener listener)

setSendSystemMessages

public void setSendSystemMessages(boolean doIt)

If doSendSystemMessages is TRUE, then all system messages get dispatched to all listeners. (Default = FALSE)

bind

public void bind(java.lang.String name)

Parameters:

name - name to bind this client to

lookup

public int lookup(java.lang.String name)

Look up a peer id that's been bound to a name