edu.vub.at.actors.natives
Class Packet

java.lang.Object
  edu.vub.at.actors.natives.Packet

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class Packet

extends java.lang.Object

implements java.io.Serializable

Packet instances are the serialized representation of AmbientTalk messages or other objects. They are exchanged directly in between local actors and in a wrapped VMCommand object between remote actors.

Author:

tvcutsem

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

private java.lang.String	description_
private byte[]	payload_

Constructor Summary

Packet(ATObject object)

Packet(java.lang.String description, ATObject object)

Method Summary

private static java.lang.Object	deserialize(byte[] b)
private static byte[]	serialize(java.lang.Object o)
java.lang.String	toString()
ATObject	unpack()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

payload_

private final byte[] payload_

description_

private final java.lang.String description_

Constructor Detail

Packet

public Packet(java.lang.String description,
              ATObject object)
       throws XIOProblem

Packet

public Packet(ATObject object)
       throws XIOProblem

Method Detail

unpack

public ATObject unpack()
                throws XIOProblem,
                       XClassNotFound

Throws:

XIOProblem

XClassNotFound

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

serialize

private static byte[] serialize(java.lang.Object o)
                         throws java.io.IOException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

deserialize

private static java.lang.Object deserialize(byte[] b)
                                     throws java.io.IOException,
                                            java.lang.ClassNotFoundException

Throws:

java.io.IOException

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException