Package i5.las2peer.security

Interface MessageReceiver

All Known Implementing Classes:

AgentImpl, AnonymousAgentImpl, BotAgent, EthereumAgent, EthereumGroupAgent, GroupAgentImpl, Mediator, MonitoringAgent, PassphraseAgentImpl, ServiceAgentImpl, TestAgent, UserAgentImpl

public interface MessageReceiver

An interface for receiving messages in the p2p network. Used by AgentImpls and Mediators.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
String	getResponsibleForAgentSafeId()	In case a Mediator implements this interface, this method will return the id of the agent, this mediator is responsible for.
void	notifyRegistrationTo(Node node)	Called by a Node on registering a MessageReceiver to the network.
void	notifyUnregister()	Called by a Node on unregistering a MessageReceiver from the network.
void	receiveMessage(Message message, AgentContext c)	Receives a message.

Method Details

receiveMessage

void receiveMessage(Message message,
 AgentContext c)
             throws MessageException

Receives a message. Will be called by a Node implementation on reception of messages that this receiver is responsible for.

Parameters:

message -

c -

Throws:

MessageException

getResponsibleForAgentSafeId

String getResponsibleForAgentSafeId()

In case a Mediator implements this interface, this method will return the id of the agent, this mediator is responsible for. Otherwise it will just return the AgentImpls id.

Returns:

id of the agent, this receiver is responsible for

notifyRegistrationTo

void notifyRegistrationTo(Node node)
                   throws AgentException

Called by a Node on registering a MessageReceiver to the network.

Parameters:

node - the node this receiver has been registered to

Throws:

AgentException

notifyUnregister

void notifyUnregister()

Called by a Node on unregistering a MessageReceiver from the network.