chrriis.dj.nativeswing.swtimpl
Class Message

java.lang.Object
  chrriis.dj.nativeswing.swtimpl.Message

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

Direct Known Subclasses:

CommandMessage

public class Message
extends Object
implements Serializable

The superclass of all the messages that are exchanged at the native interface.

Author:

Christopher Deckers

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

Message()
Create an empty message.

Method Summary

void	asyncSend(boolean isTargetNativeSide) Send that message asynchronously.
protected boolean	isValid() Indicate whether the message is valid.
Object	syncSend(boolean isTargetNativeSide) Send that message synchronously, potentially returning a result if the message type allows that.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

Message

public Message()

Create an empty message.

Method Detail

asyncSend

public void asyncSend(boolean isTargetNativeSide)

Send that message asynchronously.

Parameters:

isTargetNativeSide - true if the target is the native side, false otherwise.

syncSend

public Object syncSend(boolean isTargetNativeSide)

Send that message synchronously, potentially returning a result if the message type allows that.

Parameters:

isTargetNativeSide - true if the target is the native side, false otherwise.

Returns:

the result if any.

isValid

protected boolean isValid()

Indicate whether the message is valid. This is called before interpreting it to give a chance for the message to prevent its interpretation.

Returns:

true if the message is valid and should be interpreted, false otherwise.

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object