uk.ac.man.cs.rainbow.rapa.data
Class Channel

java.lang.Object
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  +--uk.ac.man.cs.rainbow.rapa.data.Channel

All Implemented Interfaces:

Argument, Serializable

public class Channel

extends Object

implements Serializable, Argument

A channel upon which RAPA processes can communicate.

See Also:

Action, Serialized Form

Inner Class Summary

static class	Channel.Adapter Null implementation of a channel listener.
static interface	Channel.Listener Indicate that a class's objects might want to be told of events on channels.

Constructor Summary

Channel(String name)

Method Summary

void	addListener(Channel.Listener l) Register an object for receipt of channel event notifications.
void	compatableWith(Argument arg)
boolean	equals(Object o)
int	hashCode()
void	removeListener(Channel.Listener l) Unregister an object from receipt of channel event notifications.
Channel	subst(GeneralSubstitution s)
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Channel

public Channel(String name)

Method Detail

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object o)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

compatableWith

public void compatableWith(Argument arg)

Specified by:

compatableWith in interface Argument

Following copied from interface: uk.ac.man.cs.rainbow.rapa.data.Argument

Throws:

CompatabilityFailure - If you are not allowed to map from this argument to the given one.

subst

public Channel subst(GeneralSubstitution s)

addListener

public final void addListener(Channel.Listener l)

Register an object for receipt of channel event notifications.

Parameters:

l - The listener object to register.

removeListener

public final void removeListener(Channel.Listener l)

Unregister an object from receipt of channel event notifications.

Parameters:

l - The listener object to unregister.