org.demac.event
Class MulticastEvent

java.lang.Object
  org.demac.event.Event
      org.demac.event.MulticastEvent

Direct Known Subclasses:

MulticastEventImpl, ProcessEvent, RemoteContextRequestEvent, RemoteServiceDiscoveryEvent

public abstract class MulticastEvent
extends Event

This class is the basis for all multicast events. It can either implement original multicast events or it can be the basis for an event container which converts non-multicast into multivast events.

Field Summary

static int	ALL This constant indecates a global scope of the multicast event.
static int	PERIPHERY This constant indecates a periphery scope of the multicast event.

Fields inherited from class org.demac.event.Event

GLOBAL_SCOPE, LOCAL_EVENT, LOCAL_SCOPE, PERIPERY_SCOPE, REMOTE_EVENT

Constructor Summary

MulticastEvent()

Method Summary

abstract int

getMulticastScope() Method to get the multicast scope of the event.

Methods inherited from class org.demac.event.Event

getEventHandle, getOriginHandle, getPayload, getPriority, getScope

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

ALL

public static final int ALL

This constant indecates a global scope of the multicast event. The event will be send to all known devices.

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Constant Field Values

PERIPHERY

public static final int PERIPHERY

This constant indecates a periphery scope of the multicast event. The event will be send to all devices in the direct vicinity.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

MulticastEvent

public MulticastEvent()

Method Detail

getMulticastScope

public abstract int getMulticastScope()

Method to get the multicast scope of the event.