gumbo.net.msg
Class MessageRelay

java.lang.Object
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  +--gumbo.net.msg.MessageRelay

All Implemented Interfaces:

MessageListener

public class MessageRelay

extends java.lang.Object

implements MessageListener

A message listener that relays all received messages to a target thread's message writer. If the writer is null when a message is received the message is ignored.

Version:

$Revision: 1.7 $

Author:

Jon Barrilleaux (jonb@jmbaai.com) of JMB and Associates Inc.

Constructor Summary

MessageRelay(MessageThread target)

Method Summary

void	processMessage(Message message, MessageWriter writer) Called when the listener needs to process a new message.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MessageRelay

public MessageRelay(MessageThread target)

Parameters:

target - Thread with the target message writer. Never null.

Method Detail

processMessage

public void processMessage(Message message,
                           MessageWriter writer)

Description copied from interface: MessageListener

Called when the listener needs to process a new message. Presumably the message type (subclass) is one that the listener is interested in (see MessageRouter).

Specified by:

processMessage in interface MessageListener

Parameters:

message - The message to be handled. Never null.

writer - Message writer to be used for sending a reply message (on the router thread). Null if none.