cl.obcom.netclient

Interface MulticastListener

All Superinterfaces:

EventListener

All Known Implementing Classes:

ServerChannel

public interface MulticastListener
extends EventListener

Listener interface for receiving multicast messages. A class that is interested in processing multicast messages implements this interface. When an multicast message arrives, the processMulticast method is invoked.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	processMulticast(String name, Message message) Called when a multicast message is received from the NetServer.

Method Detail

processMulticast

void processMulticast(String name,
                      Message message)
               throws Exception

Called when a multicast message is received from the NetServer.

Multicast messages are generated by other servers when particular event occurs (e.g., the price of a stock has reached a certain limit).

In order to receive multicast messages, a program has to subscribe to them using either the ServerChannel.enableMulticast or the ClientSlot.enableMulticast method.

Parameters:

name - the name of the multicast.

message - the data of the multicast.

Throws:

Exception - when an error occurs while processing the message.

See Also:

ServerChannel.enableMulticast, ClientSlot.enableMulticast