jgroup.core
Interface IID

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Externalizable, java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

IIDImpl

public interface IID
extends java.io.Externalizable

Instances of classes that implement this interface uniquely identify invocations issued by a client. Each invocation identifier is composed by a virtual machine identifier, which identifies the client, and a progressive counter used to distinguish among invocations performed by the same client.

Since:

Jgroup 0.9

Author:

Alberto Montresor

Method Summary

int	getCounter() Returns the sequential counter identifying this particular invocation.
VMID	getVmid() Returns the VMID identifier of the virtual machine that generated this invocation.

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Externalizable

readExternal, writeExternal

Method Detail

getVmid

VMID getVmid()

Returns the VMID identifier of the virtual machine that generated this invocation.

getCounter

int getCounter()

Returns the sequential counter identifying this particular invocation.