Address

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Comparable<Address>, SizeStreamable, Streamable

All Known Subinterfaces:

PhysicalAddress, SiteAddress

All Known Implementing Classes:

AnycastAddress, ExtendedUUID, FlagsUUID, IpAddress, IpAddressUUID, SiteMaster, SiteUUID, UUID
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public interface Address
extends SizeStreamable, java.lang.Comparable<Address>
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Address identifies cluster member. For example, whenever a unicast message is sent in a cluster an Address of a cluster member message recipient needs to be specified. Similarly a cluster member can use Address to check its own identity, request a state from a particular member and so on. Addresses are mostly generated by the bottom-most (transport) layers (e.g. UDP, TCP, LOOPBACK).

Since:

2.0

Author:

Bela Ban

See Also:

PhysicalAddress, UUID

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static byte`	`IP_ADDR`
`static byte`	`IP_ADDR_UUID`
`static byte`	`NULL`
`static byte`	`SITE_MASTER`
`static byte`	`SITE_UUID`
`static byte`	`UUID_ADDR`

Method Summary
- Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable
  compareTo
- Methods inherited from interface org.jgroups.util.SizeStreamable
  serializedSize
- Methods inherited from interface org.jgroups.util.Streamable
  readFrom, writeTo

- Field Detail
  - NULL
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static final byte NULL
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    Constant Field Values
  - UUID_ADDR
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static final byte UUID_ADDR
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    Constant Field Values
  - SITE_UUID
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static final byte SITE_UUID
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    Constant Field Values
  - SITE_MASTER
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static final byte SITE_MASTER
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    Constant Field Values
  - IP_ADDR
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static final byte IP_ADDR
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    Constant Field Values
  - IP_ADDR_UUID
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static final byte IP_ADDR_UUID
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    Constant Field Values