p2p.basic
Interface Message

public interface Message

Defines a message that peers exchange. Most systems will use multiple types of messages in their protocols, and thus several implementations of this interface will be required.

Method Summary

byte[]	getData() Get the message content.
GUID	getGUID() Get the message's guid.

Method Detail

getGUID

GUID getGUID()

Get the message's guid. Useful to determine if a message has already been observed previously.

Returns:

the global unique identifier

getData

byte[] getData()

Get the message content.

Returns:

a binary representation of the message