org.jboss.messaging.core
Interface Distributor

All Known Subinterfaces:

Channel, ClusteredQueue, ClusterRouter, Queue, Router

All Known Implementing Classes:

ChannelSupport, DefaultRouter, FirstReceiverPointToPointRouter, LocalClusteredQueue, PagingFilteredQueue, RemoteQueueStub, RoundRobinPointToPointRouter, RoundRobinRouter

public interface Distributor

An interface for Receiver management. Distributes a reference to a maximum of one of the attached receivers

Author:

Ovidiu Feodorov, Tim Fox $Id: Distributor.java 1930 2007-01-09 18:16:04Z timfox $

Method Summary

boolean	add(Receiver receiver) Add a local receiver to this distributor.
void	clear() Remove all receivers.
boolean	contains(Receiver receiver)
int	getNumberOfReceivers()
java.util.Iterator	iterator()
boolean	remove(Receiver receiver) Remove a local receiver from this distributor.

Method Detail

contains

public boolean contains(Receiver receiver)

iterator

public java.util.Iterator iterator()

Returns:

an iterator of local receivers

add

public boolean add(Receiver receiver)

Add a local receiver to this distributor.

Returns:

true if the distributor did not already contain the specified receiver and the receiver was added to the distributor, false otherwise.

remove

public boolean remove(Receiver receiver)

Remove a local receiver from this distributor.

Returns:

true if this distributor contained the specified receiver.

clear

public void clear()

Remove all receivers.

getNumberOfReceivers

public int getNumberOfReceivers()

Returns:

The number of receivers in the distributor