gecco.communication.messages
Class Message

java.lang.Object
  gecco.communication.messages.Message

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbortAllClientActionsMessage, AbortGameMessage, AcceptConnectionMessage, ActionBlockedMessage, ActionCompletedMessage, ActionFailedMessage, ActionMessage, AvailableRolesMessage, CoffeeBreakMessage, DisconnectMessage, GameOverMessage, GetAvailableRolesMessage, GetMapMessage, InvalidMessage, JoinAsRoleMessage, MapMessage, MapPointInvisibleMessage, MapPointsInvisibleMessage, MapUpdateMessage, MapUpdatesMessage, PingMessage, PingReplyMessage, RejectConnectionMessage, StartGameMessage, TimeUpdateMessage, UnitDeletedMessage, UnitDestroyedMessage, UnitMessageMessage, UnitPositionUpdateMessage, UnitPropertyUpdateMessage, UnitVisibleMessage

public abstract class Message

extends Object

This is the superclass to all messages.

Author:

Karl Hasselström

Constructor Summary

Message()

Method Summary

static Message	read(DataInput in) This factory method reads a message id from the input stream and calls the read() factory method of the corresponding subclass, which is responsible for reading the actual data.
abstract void	write(DataOutput out) This method should write the message to the given DataOutput.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Message

public Message()

Method Detail

write

public abstract void write(DataOutput out)
                    throws IOException

This method should write the message to the given DataOutput.

Parameters:

out - The output stream.

Throws:

IOException

read

public static Message read(DataInput in)
                    throws IOException

This factory method reads a message id from the input stream and calls the read() factory method of the corresponding subclass, which is responsible for reading the actual data.

Parameters:

in - The input stream.

Returns:

An instance of Message.

Throws:

IOException