net.jxta.endpoint
Interface MessageTransport

All Known Subinterfaces:

MessageReceiver, MessageSender

public interface MessageTransport

A MessageTransport is responsible for sending and or receiving JXTA messages from an external network. A MessageTransport may use whatever protocol it wishes in transporting messages. Messages passed to MessageTransports are required to pass the messages cleanly (unaltered).

Since:

JXTA 1.0

See Also:

EndpointService, EndpointAddress, MessageSender, MessageReceiver

Method Summary

boolean	equals(java.lang.Object target) Two MessageTransport instances are considered equal if and only if : they support the same protocol they have the same message endpoint addr(s) in the same order they have the same propagate endpoint addr(s) in the same order
java.lang.String	getProtocolName() Returns a String containing the name of the protocol used by this MessageTransport.

Method Detail

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object target)

Two MessageTransport instances are considered equal if and only if :

1. they support the same protocol
2. they have the same message endpoint addr(s) in the same order
3. they have the same propagate endpoint addr(s) in the same order

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

target - the MessageTransport to compare against.

Returns:

true if the messsage transports are equal otherwise false.

getProtocolName

public java.lang.String getProtocolName()

Returns a String containing the name of the protocol used by this MessageTransport. The value will match the "protocol" portion of all EndpointAddress.

Returns:

a String containing the name of the protocol used by this EndpointProtocol