org.jacorb.notification.interfaces
Interface MessageConsumer

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable

All Known Subinterfaces:

IProxyPushSupplier

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractProxyPushSupplier, AbstractProxySupplier, ECProxyPullSupplierImpl, ECProxyPushSupplierImpl, ProxyPullSupplierImpl, ProxyPushSupplierImpl, SequenceProxyPullSupplierImpl, SequenceProxyPushSupplierImpl, StructuredProxyPullSupplierImpl, StructuredProxyPushSupplierImpl, TypedProxyPullSupplierImpl, TypedProxyPushSupplierImpl

public interface MessageConsumer
extends Comparable

The interface MessageConsumer provides an abstraction of an ProxySupplier.
The MessageConsumer is responsible to maintain the Connection to the real Consumer. To deliver a Message the MessageConsumer converts the Message to the appropiate Format (Any, StructuredEvent, Sequence of StructuredEvent) required by its Consumer and delivers it.

Author:

Alphonse Bendt

Method Summary

void	destroy()
boolean	isDestroyed() check if this MessageConsumer is still valid.
void	queueMessage(Message m) Deliver a Message to the associated Consumer.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

queueMessage

void queueMessage(Message m)

Deliver a Message to the associated Consumer.

isDestroyed

boolean isDestroyed()

check if this MessageConsumer is still valid.

destroy

void destroy()