Interface Address

All Superinterfaces:

Cloneable, Comparable, Externalizable, Serializable, Streamable

All Known Implementing Classes:

IpAddress, JMS.JMSAddress

public interface Address
extends Externalizable, Streamable, Comparable, Cloneable

Abstract address. Used to identify members on a group to send messages to. Addresses are mostly generated by the bottom-most (transport) layers (e.g. UDP, TCP, LOOPBACK).

Author:

Bela Ban

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	isMulticastAddress()	Checks whether this is an address that represents multiple destinations; e.g., a class D address in the Internet.
int	size()	Returns serialized size of this address

Methods inherited from interface Comparable

compareTo

Methods inherited from interface Externalizable

readExternal, writeExternal

Methods inherited from interface Streamable

readFrom, writeTo

Method Details

isMulticastAddress

boolean isMulticastAddress()

Checks whether this is an address that represents multiple destinations; e.g., a class D address in the Internet.

Returns:

true if this is a multicast address, false if it is a unicast address

size

int size()

Returns serialized size of this address