jarol.messages
Interface MessagePart

All Known Subinterfaces:

MessageFooter, MessageHeader

All Known Implementing Classes:

Message

public interface MessagePart

Base interface for message parts (headers, footers and payload).

Version:

0.1

Author:

Eduardo Marques

Method Summary

void	dump(java.io.PrintStream ps) Dump object in human readable form.
void	serialize(Buffer buffer) Serialization method.
int	serialSize() Get serialization size.
void	unserialize(Buffer buffer) De-serialization method for the header.
void	validate() Validation method

Method Detail

serialSize

int serialSize()

Get serialization size.

Returns:

the serialization size for the header

serialize

void serialize(Buffer buffer)
               throws InvalidMessageException

Serialization method.

Parameters:

buffer - the output buffer

Throws:

InvalidMessageException - if validation fails

unserialize

void unserialize(Buffer buffer)
                 throws InvalidMessageException

De-serialization method for the header.

Parameters:

buffer - the input buffer

Throws:

InvalidMessageException - if validation fails

dump

void dump(java.io.PrintStream ps)

Dump object in human readable form.

Parameters:

ps - the stream for printing

validate

void validate()
              throws InvalidMessageException

Validation method

Throws:

InvalidMessageException - if the contents of this message part are invalid