de.aristaflow.adept2.base.communication

Class ReplyMessage

java.lang.Object

de.aristaflow.adept2.model.communication.Message

de.aristaflow.adept2.base.communication.ReplyMessage

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public abstract class ReplyMessage
extends de.aristaflow.adept2.model.communication.Message

This class is the base class for all reply messages used in the ADEPT system, i. e. every reply message must be derived from this class. Request messages, i. e. messages which are the first messages in request reply chains, must be directly derived from the class Message.

Author:

Markus Lauer

See Also:

Message, Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class de.aristaflow.adept2.model.communication.Message

messageID

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ReplyMessage(long id, long requestID) Creates a reply message.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
long	getRequestID() Returns the identifier of the message this message refers to.
boolean	isReplyMessage()
boolean	process()

Methods inherited from class de.aristaflow.adept2.model.communication.Message

generateReplyMessage, getMessageID, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

ReplyMessage

public ReplyMessage(long id,
                    long requestID)

Creates a reply message.

Parameters:

id - the identifier that will be assigned to the created message

requestID - the identifier of the message this message corresponds to.

Method Detail

getRequestID

public long getRequestID()

Returns the identifier of the message this message refers to.

Returns:

the identifier of the answered message.

isReplyMessage

public final boolean isReplyMessage()

Overrides:

isReplyMessage in class de.aristaflow.adept2.model.communication.Message

process

public final boolean process()

Specified by:

process in class de.aristaflow.adept2.model.communication.Message