org.jgroups

Interface Address

public interface Address extends Externalizable, Streamable, Comparable, Cloneable

Abstract address. Used to identify members on a group to send messages to. Addresses are mostly generated by the bottom-most (transport) layers (e.g. UDP, TCP, LOOPBACK).

Author: Bela Ban

Method Summary
booleanisMulticastAddress()
Checks whether this is an address that represents multiple destinations; e.g., a class D address in the Internet.
intsize()
Returns serialized size of this address

Method Detail

isMulticastAddress

public boolean isMulticastAddress()
Checks whether this is an address that represents multiple destinations; e.g., a class D address in the Internet.

Returns: true if this is a multicast address, false if it is a unicast address

size

public int size()
Returns serialized size of this address
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