MessageSender (shoal-gms-impl 3.1.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

ShoalMessageSender

All Known Subinterfaces:

NetworkManager

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractMessageSender, AbstractMultiMessageSender, AbstractNetworkManager, GrizzlyNetworkManager, GrizzlyNetworkManager2, GrizzlyTCPMessageSender
```
public interface MessageSender
extends ShoalMessageSender
```
This interface is for sending a Message to the specific destination This interface can be implemented for only TCP or only UDP or both TCP and UDP transport layer

Author:

Bongjae Chang

- Field Summary
  - Fields inherited from interface com.sun.enterprise.mgmt.transport.ShoalMessageSender
    TCP_TRANSPORT, UDP_TRANSPORT
- Method Summary
  
  All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
  Modifier and Type Method Description
  
  boolean send(PeerID peerID, Message message)
  Sends the given Message to the destination
  - Methods inherited from interface com.sun.enterprise.mgmt.transport.ShoalMessageSender
    start, stop

- Method Detail
  - send
```
boolean send(PeerID peerID,
             Message message)
      throws IOException
```
    Sends the given Message to the destination
    
    Parameters:
    
    peerID - the destination PeerID. null is not allowed
    
    message - a message which is sent to the peer
    
    Returns:
    
    true if the message is sent to the destination successfully, otherwise false
    
    Throws:
    
    IOException - if I/O error occurs or given parameters are not valid