org.jcsp.net
Class NetChannelLocation

java.lang.Object
  org.jcsp.net.NetChannelLocation

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, Cloneable

Direct Known Subclasses:

CNSNetChannelLocation

public class NetChannelLocation
extends Object
implements Cloneable, Serializable

Instances of this class hold location information for a networked ChannelInput object. Instances of the class hold sufficient information for a networked ChannelOutput object to establish a connection to the networked ChannelInput object.

Instances of this class may either be constructed by the jcsp.net user or by the networking infrastructure.

Author:

Quickstone Technologies Limited

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

protected	NetChannelLocation(NetChannelLocation other) This is a protected constructor which takes another NetChannelLocation object and "clones" it into this one.
	NetChannelLocation(NodeAddressID channelAddress, String channelLabel) Constructor which takes a NodeAddressID on which the channel's Node is listening and the label assigned to the channel's Virtual Channel Number (VCN).
	NetChannelLocation(NodeID channelNode, String channelLabel) Constructor which takes the NodeID of the Node hosting the networked ChannelInput object and the label assigned to the channel's Virtual Channel Number (VCN).

Method Summary

protected boolean	checkEqual(NetChannelLocation other) This method is used by the equals(Object) method to determine whether another object is equal to the one on which it is invoked.
Object	clone() Returns a clone of the instance of this class.
boolean	equals(Object o) Returns whether this object is equal to another object.
NodeAddressID	getChannelAddress() Public accessor for the channel's address, if held.
String	getChannelLabel() Public accessor for the channel label property.
NodeID	getChannelNodeID() Public accessor for the channel label property.
String	getStringID() Returns a String ID for this NetChannelLocation object.
int	hashCode() Return a hashcode for this object.
boolean	refresh() This method requests that the instance of this class refresh its information.
protected void	refreshFrom(NetChannelLocation other) This method refreshes the fields in the instance of this object to equal the fields in the supplied object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

NetChannelLocation

public NetChannelLocation(NodeID channelNode,
                          String channelLabel)
                   throws IllegalArgumentException

Constructor which takes the NodeID of the Node hosting the networked ChannelInput object and the label assigned to the channel's Virtual Channel Number (VCN).

Parameters:

channelNode - the NodeID of the Node hosting the read end of the channel.

channelLabel - the label assigned to the channel's Virtual Channel Number (VCN).

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException

NetChannelLocation

public NetChannelLocation(NodeAddressID channelAddress,
                          String channelLabel)
                   throws IllegalArgumentException

Constructor which takes a NodeAddressID on which the channel's Node is listening and the label assigned to the channel's Virtual Channel Number (VCN).

This constructor is intended to be used by code that wishes to connect to a ChannelInput running on a Node to which a Link has not yet been established. An address of the Node must be known by some means. For example, with a JCSP network running over TCP/IP, a program may prompt the user for an IP address to which to connect.

Parameters:

channelAddress - a NodeAddressID on which the channel's Node is listening.

channelLabel - the label assigned to the channel's VCN.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException

NetChannelLocation

protected NetChannelLocation(NetChannelLocation other)
                      throws IllegalArgumentException

This is a protected constructor which takes another NetChannelLocation object and "clones" it into this one. This allows sub-classes to adopt the field values of an instance of this class by passing a reference of it to this constructor.

Parameters:

other - Another NetChannelLocation to "clone" into this one.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - iff the parameter is null.

Method Detail

getChannelLabel

public final String getChannelLabel()

Public accessor for the channel label property.

Returns:

the channel label held by the instance of this object, if exists or else null.

getChannelAddress

public final NodeAddressID getChannelAddress()

Public accessor for the channel's address, if held.

Returns:

a NodeAddressID on which the channel's Node is listening. If the channel's Node's NodeID is known, then this will return null.

getChannelNodeID

public final NodeID getChannelNodeID()

Public accessor for the channel label property.

Returns:

the NodeID of the channel's Node, if known, else null.

refresh

public boolean refresh()

This method requests that the instance of this class refresh its information. This class does not actually do anything when this method is called, however, instances of subclasses may take the opportunity to refresh their data.

An example, of when this might be useful is if this class were extended as part of a name service that resolves names to NetChannelLocation objects. If a user of an instance of this extended version wanted to check that the data were still up to date, it would call this method which would then check the information with a name service.

Returns:

true if any information has changed, otherwise false.

getStringID

public final String getStringID()

Returns a String ID for this NetChannelLocation object.

This method does not need to be used by normal JCSP users.

Returns:

the id.

clone

public Object clone()
             throws CloneNotSupportedException

Returns a clone of the instance of this class. All mutable fields are also cloned.

Overrides:

clone in class Object

Returns:

a clone of the instance of this class.

Throws:

CloneNotSupportedException

equals

public final boolean equals(Object o)

Returns whether this object is equal to another object.

Overrides:

equals in class Object

Returns:

true iff the supplied object is equal.

hashCode

public final int hashCode()

Return a hashcode for this object.

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

Returns:

the int hash code.

refreshFrom

protected final void refreshFrom(NetChannelLocation other)
                          throws IllegalArgumentException

This method refreshes the fields in the instance of this object to equal the fields in the supplied object. Only members of the NetChannelLocation class are copied and not members added by sub-classes.

Parameters:

other - Another NetChannelLocation to "clone" into this one.

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - iff the parameter is null.

checkEqual

protected boolean checkEqual(NetChannelLocation other)

This method is used by the equals(Object) method to determine whether another object is equal to the one on which it is invoked.

This should be used by sub-classes as they cannot override the equals method.

Parameters:

other - the NetChannelLocation object to compare with this object.

Returns:

true if the other object is equal to this one.