Class Message

java.lang.Object
  |
  +--Message

All Implemented Interfaces:

Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

TextMessage

public class Message

extends Object

implements Cloneable

Basic message; can be subclassed for message types (which can have bodies). Make sure that any subclass deals with clone() correctly; if there are instance variables that refer to mutable objects, they need to be recursively cloned.

Version:

2002-04-16

Author:

Max Hailperin

Constructor Summary

Message(int source, int destination)
Constructor for objects of class Message

Method Summary

Object	clone() Be sure to override this in subclasses if necessary.
int	getDestination() returns the Message's destination address
int	getSource() returns the Message's source address
String	toString() returns a String describing the Message

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Message

public Message(int source,
               int destination)

Constructor for objects of class Message

Parameters:

source - address of source Port

destination - address of destination Port(s)

Method Detail

clone

public Object clone()

Be sure to override this in subclasses if necessary.

Overrides:

clone in class Object

Returns:

a copy of the Message

getDestination

public int getDestination()

returns the Message's destination address

Returns:

the Message's destination address

getSource

public int getSource()

returns the Message's source address

Returns:

the Message's source address

toString

public String toString()

returns a String describing the Message

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

a description of the Message