ch.epfl.lpd.ids.serialization
Class Message

java.lang.Object
  ch.epfl.lpd.ids.serialization.Message

All Implemented Interfaces:

IMessage, Serializable

public class Message
extends Object
implements IMessage

Class implementing the IMessage specification.

Author:

Sebastien Baehni

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

protected byte[]	data The data of the message.
protected String	header The header of the message.

Constructor Summary

Message(String header, byte[] data)
Creates a new instance of Message.

Method Summary

byte[]	getData() Method used to retrieve the data of the message.
String	getHeader() Method used to retrieved the header of the message.
void	setData(byte[] data) Method used to set the data of the message.
void	setHeader(String header) Method used to set the header of the message.
String	toString() Method used to print this message as a string representation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

header

protected String header

The header of the message.

data

protected byte[] data

The data of the message.

Constructor Detail

Message

public Message(String header,
               byte[] data)

Creates a new instance of Message. This instance sets the header and the data of the message.

Parameters:

header - The header of the message.

data - The data of the message.

Method Detail

getHeader

public String getHeader()

Method used to retrieved the header of the message.

Specified by:

getHeader in interface IMessage

Returns:

The header of the message.

setHeader

public void setHeader(String header)

Method used to set the header of the message.

Specified by:

setHeader in interface IMessage

Parameters:

header - The header of the message.

getData

public byte[] getData()

Method used to retrieve the data of the message.

Specified by:

getData in interface IMessage

Returns:

The data of the message.

setData

public void setData(byte[] data)

Method used to set the data of the message.

Specified by:

setData in interface IMessage

Parameters:

data - An array of bytes representing the data of the message.

toString

public String toString()

Method used to print this message as a string representation.

Overrides:

toString in class Object

Returns:

The string representation of this message.