org.honton.chas.dogstatd.model

Class Event

java.lang.Object

org.honton.chas.dogstatd.model.Event

All Implemented Interfaces:

Message

public class Event
extends Object
implements Message

Event is message with title, text, and metadata.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class and Description
static class	Event.Alert
static class	Event.Priority

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	format(CharBuffer chars) Format the message to be sent.
boolean	validate() Validate the message to be sent.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Method Detail

validate

public boolean validate()

Description copied from interface: Message

Validate the message to be sent. If the message is invalid, this method should log the incorrect portion and reason for failure. This method may be called from a different thread than the one invoking the Sender.send(Message) method.

Specified by:

validate in interface Message

Returns:

true, if the message is valid and should be sent.

format

public void format(CharBuffer chars)

Description copied from interface: Message

Format the message to be sent. In general, message includes type of record, metrics, tags and ends with newline.

Specified by:

format in interface Message

Parameters:

chars - The buffer to hold the formatted message.