org.jgroups

Interface Address

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, Comparable<Address>, Externalizable, Serializable, Streamable

All Known Subinterfaces:

PhysicalAddress

All Known Implementing Classes:

AdditionalDataUUID, IpAddress, PayloadUUID, SingletonAddress, TopologyUUID, UUID

public interface Address
extends Externalizable, Streamable, Comparable<Address>, Cloneable

Abstract address. Used to identify members on a group to send messages to. Addresses are mostly generated by the bottom-most (transport) layers (e.g. UDP, TCP, LOOPBACK).

Author:

Bela Ban

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static byte	IP_ADDR
static byte	NULL
static byte	UUID_ADDR

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	isMulticastAddress() Checks whether this is an address that represents multiple destinations; e.g., a class D address in the Internet.
int	size() Returns serialized size of this address

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Externalizable

readExternal, writeExternal

Methods inherited from interface org.jgroups.util.Streamable

readFrom, writeTo

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Field Detail

NULL

static final byte NULL

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Constant Field Values

UUID_ADDR

static final byte UUID_ADDR

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Constant Field Values

IP_ADDR

static final byte IP_ADDR

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Constant Field Values

Method Detail

isMulticastAddress

boolean isMulticastAddress()

Checks whether this is an address that represents multiple destinations; e.g., a class D address in the Internet.

Returns:

true if this is a multicast address, false if it is a unicast address

size

int size()

Returns serialized size of this address