com.ibm.aglet
Class FutureReply

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.ibm.aglet.FutureReply

public abstract class FutureReply

extends java.lang.Object

The FutureReply class is a abstract class for the result of a future message.

Version:

1.50 $Date: 2001/07/28 06:33:51 $

Author:

Mitsuru Oshima

See Also:

AgletProxy.sendAsyncMessage(com.ibm.aglet.Message)

Constructor Summary

FutureReply()

Method Summary

protected abstract void	addedTo(ReplySet set)
boolean	getBooleanReply() Gets the reply as a primitive boolean.
char	getCharReply() Gets the reply as a primitive char.
double	getDoubleReply() Gets the reply as a primitive double.
float	getFloatReply() Gets the reply as a primitive float.
int	getIntReply() Gets the reply as a primitive integer.
long	getLongReply() Gets the reply as a primitive long.
abstract java.lang.Object	getReply() If the message was not handled the receiver, MessageNotHandled exception is raised.
abstract boolean	isAvailable() Checks if the reply is available or not.
abstract void	waitForReply() Waits for a reply until the reply is available.
abstract void	waitForReply(long timeout) Waits for a reply with specific timeout value.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

FutureReply

public FutureReply()

Method Detail

addedTo

protected abstract void addedTo(ReplySet set)

getBooleanReply

public boolean getBooleanReply()
                        throws MessageException,
                               NotHandledException

Gets the reply as a primitive boolean.

getCharReply

public char getCharReply()
                  throws MessageException,
                         NotHandledException

Gets the reply as a primitive char.

getDoubleReply

public double getDoubleReply()
                      throws MessageException,
                             NotHandledException

Gets the reply as a primitive double.

getFloatReply

public float getFloatReply()
                    throws MessageException,
                           NotHandledException

Gets the reply as a primitive float.

getIntReply

public int getIntReply()
                throws MessageException,
                       NotHandledException

Gets the reply as a primitive integer.

getLongReply

public long getLongReply()
                  throws MessageException,
                         NotHandledException

Gets the reply as a primitive long.

getReply

public abstract java.lang.Object getReply()
                                   throws MessageException,
                                          NotHandledException

If the message was not handled the receiver, MessageNotHandled exception is raised.

Returns:

reply object.

Throws:

NotHandledException - if the message was not handled.

See Also:

Message.sendReply()

isAvailable

public abstract boolean isAvailable()

Checks if the reply is available or not.

Returns:

boolean true if the reply has been set.

waitForReply

public abstract void waitForReply()

Waits for a reply until the reply is available.

waitForReply

public abstract void waitForReply(long timeout)

Waits for a reply with specific timeout value.

Parameters:

timeout - the maximum time to wait in milliseconds