jgroup.core
Interface VMID

All Superinterfaces:

java.io.Externalizable, java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

VMIDImpl

public interface VMID
extends java.io.Externalizable

The purpose of the VMID interface is to uniquely identify a Java Virtual Machine. Each VMID instance is composed by an IP address and an incarnation time.

Since:

Jgroup 0.7

Author:

Alberto Montresor

Method Summary

java.net.InetAddress	getAddress() Returns the IP address of the host on which the virtual machine identified by this VMID is being executed.
long	getTime() Returns the time at which this VMID has been created.

Methods inherited from interface java.io.Externalizable

readExternal, writeExternal

Method Detail

getAddress

java.net.InetAddress getAddress()
                                throws java.net.UnknownHostException

Returns the IP address of the host on which the virtual machine identified by this VMID is being executed.

Throws:

java.net.UnknownHostException

getTime

long getTime()

Returns the time at which this VMID has been created.