MessageDispatcher (Power TAC broker-core 1.8.0 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.powertac.samplebroker.core.MessageDispatcher

```
@Service
public class MessageDispatcher
extends Object
```
Routes incoming messages to broker components, and outgoing messages to the server. Components must register for specific message types with the broker, which passes the registrations to this router. For this to work, registered components must implement a handleMessage(msg) method that takes the specified type as its single argument.

Author:

John Collins

Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor Description

MessageDispatcher()
Default constructor

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`registerMessageHandler(Object handler, Class<?> messageType)`	Sets up handlers for incoming messages by message type.
`void`	`routeMessage(Object message)`	Routes incoming messages from the server
`void`	`sendMessage(Object message)`	Converts outgoing message to XML, sends it to the server
`void`	`sendRawMessage(String message)`	Sends XML-formatted message to the server without interpretation.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Constructor Detail
  - MessageDispatcher
```
public MessageDispatcher()
```
    Default constructor
- Method Detail
  - registerMessageHandler
```
public void registerMessageHandler(Object handler,
                                   Class<?> messageType)
```
    Sets up handlers for incoming messages by message type.
  - routeMessage
```
public void routeMessage(Object message)
```
    Routes incoming messages from the server
  - sendMessage
```
public void sendMessage(Object message)
```
    Converts outgoing message to XML, sends it to the server
  - sendRawMessage
```
public void sendRawMessage(String message)
```
    Sends XML-formatted message to the server without interpretation.