1 /*
2 * Copyright (c) 1998-2002 The Jgroup Team.
3 *
4 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2 as
6 * published by the Free Software Foundation.
7 *
8 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
9 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
10 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
11 * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
12 *
13 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
14 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
15 * Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
16 *
17 */
18
19 package jgroup.core;
20
21 import java.io.Externalizable;
22 import java.net.InetAddress;
23
24 /**
25 * Interface <code>EndPoint</code> represents a communication endpoint.
26 * It is composed of an IP address together with a port number.
27 * Objects implementing this interface are used to identify JVM
28 * machines hosting Jgroup applications.
29 *
30 * @author Alberto Montresor
31 * @author Hein Meling
32 * @since Jgroup 1.2
33 */
34 public interface EndPoint
35 extends Externalizable, Comparable
36 {
37
38 /**
39 * Returns the IP address contained in this endpoint
40 */
41 public InetAddress getAddress();
42
43 /**
44 * Returns the IP address contained in this endpoint, enclosed
45 * in an integer value.
46 */
47 public int getIntAddress();
48
49 /**
50 * Returns the port number contained in this endpoint.
51 */
52 public int getPort();
53
54 /**
55 * Returns true if this endpoint is the local endpoint.
56 */
57 public boolean isLocal();
58
59 /**
60 * Return true if this endpoint is a multicast endpoint.
61 */
62 public boolean isMulticastEndPoint();
63
64 } // END EndPoint