jgroup.core
Interface EndPoint

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Comparable, java.io.Externalizable, java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

Domain, EndPointImpl, Host

public interface EndPoint
extends java.io.Externalizable, java.lang.Comparable

Interface EndPoint represents a communication endpoint. It is composed of an IP address together with a port number. Objects implementing this interface are used to identify JVM machines hosting Jgroup applications.

Since:

Jgroup 1.2

Author:

Alberto Montresor, Hein Meling

Method Summary

java.net.InetAddress	getAddress() Returns the IP address contained in this endpoint
int	getIntAddress() Returns the IP address contained in this endpoint, enclosed in an integer value.
int	getPort() Returns the port number contained in this endpoint.
boolean	isLocal() Returns true if this endpoint is the local endpoint.
boolean	isMulticastEndPoint() Return true if this endpoint is a multicast endpoint.

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Externalizable

readExternal, writeExternal

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

getAddress

java.net.InetAddress getAddress()

Returns the IP address contained in this endpoint

getIntAddress

int getIntAddress()

Returns the IP address contained in this endpoint, enclosed in an integer value.

getPort

int getPort()

Returns the port number contained in this endpoint.

isLocal

boolean isLocal()

Returns true if this endpoint is the local endpoint.

isMulticastEndPoint

boolean isMulticastEndPoint()

Return true if this endpoint is a multicast endpoint.