springs.communication
Class Message

java.lang.Object
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  +--springs.communication.Message

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class Message

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

Interface to a Springs agent.

Author:

Sergio Ilarri Artigas

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

private java.lang.Object	_contents The contents of the message.
private java.lang.String	_sender The sender of the message.
private java.lang.String	_subject The subject of the message.
private java.lang.String	_type The type of the message.

Constructor Summary

Message(java.lang.String type, java.lang.String sender, java.lang.String subject, java.lang.Object contents)
Constructor.

Method Summary

java.lang.Object	getContents() Obtains the contents of the message.
java.lang.String	getSender() Obtains the sender of the message.
java.lang.String	getSubject() Obtains the subject of the message.
java.lang.String	getType() Obtains the type of the message.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

_type

private java.lang.String _type

The type of the message.

See Also:

String

_sender

private java.lang.String _sender

The sender of the message.

See Also:

String

_subject

private java.lang.String _subject

The subject of the message.

See Also:

String

_contents

private java.lang.Object _contents

The contents of the message.

See Also:

Object

Constructor Detail

Message

public Message(java.lang.String type,
               java.lang.String sender,
               java.lang.String subject,
               java.lang.Object contents)

Constructor.

Parameters:

type - the type of the message.

contents - the contents.

See Also:

String, Object

Method Detail

getType

public java.lang.String getType()

Obtains the type of the message.

Returns:

the type.

See Also:

String

getContents

public java.lang.Object getContents()

Obtains the contents of the message.

Returns:

the contents.

See Also:

Object

getSender

public java.lang.String getSender()

Obtains the sender of the message.

Returns:

the sender.

See Also:

String

getSubject

public java.lang.String getSubject()

Obtains the subject of the message.

Returns:

the subject.

See Also:

String