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Interface ServerAddress

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Subinterfaces:

MulticastAddress

All Known Implementing Classes:

AvisBroadcastDispatcher.AvisAddress, HttpAddress, InMemoryAddress, InMemoryBroadcastDispatcher.InMemoryMulticastAddress, InMemoryUnicastDispatcher.InMemoryUnicastAddress, MultiplexSocketAddress, NioAddress, NioTcpUnicastDispatcher.NioTcpUnicastAddress, ServletAddress, TCPAddress, TcpSocketAddress, UDPBroadcastDispatcher.UDPMulticastAddress, UDPUnicastAddress

public interface ServerAddress
extends Serializable

This interface models the concept of "server address", which hides the transport-specific details (host, port, etc.).

Implementations of this interface should override the equals and hashCode methods.

Author:

Yanick Duchesne

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(Object o) Implementations should override this method in manner consistent with the method's specification (in the Object class).
String	getTransportType() Returns the "transport type" of the server corresponding to this server address.

Method Detail

getTransportType

String getTransportType()

Returns the "transport type" of the server corresponding to this server address. A transport type is an arbitrary, logical identifier.

Returns:

a transport type, as a String.

equals

boolean equals(Object o)

Implementations should override this method in manner consistent with the method's specification (in the Object class).

Overrides:

equals in class Object

See Also:

Object.equals(Object obj).