gsim.sim.communication
Class MethodInvocationProtocolSender

java.lang.Object
  gsim.sim.communication.AbstractCommunicationProtocol
      gsim.sim.communication.CommunicationProtocol
          gsim.sim.communication.MethodInvocationProtocolSender

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class MethodInvocationProtocolSender
extends CommunicationProtocol

Any communication in gsim is defined ASYNCHRONOSLY (even in the single-machin case for coherent semantics). A method invocation must there for register an observer if using this convenience class, or code all logic within the respond-method of the protocol.

Author:

s.schuster@surrey.ac.uk

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class gsim.sim.communication.CommunicationProtocol

timeOut

Constructor Summary

MethodInvocationProtocolSender(java.lang.String ownName, java.lang.String receiverName, java.lang.String methodName, java.lang.Object[] params)

Method Summary

java.util.Observable	getObservable()
java.lang.Object	getResult() Blocks until protocol has finished.
Message	getStartMessage()
Message	respond(Message message)

Methods inherited from class gsim.sim.communication.CommunicationProtocol

equals, getCommId, getOwnName, getPartnerName, getReceiverProtocol, hashCode, setCommId

Methods inherited from class gsim.sim.communication.AbstractCommunicationProtocol

onEnd

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

MethodInvocationProtocolSender

public MethodInvocationProtocolSender(java.lang.String ownName,
                                      java.lang.String receiverName,
                                      java.lang.String methodName,
                                      java.lang.Object[] params)

Method Detail

getObservable

public java.util.Observable getObservable()

getResult

public java.lang.Object getResult()

Blocks until protocol has finished.

Returns:

the result value of the called method

getStartMessage

public Message getStartMessage()

Specified by:

getStartMessage in class CommunicationProtocol

respond

public Message respond(Message message)

Specified by:

respond in class AbstractCommunicationProtocol