org.resilientedge.jockey.peerbridge
Interface PBPeer

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Comparable

All Known Implementing Classes:

LoopbackPeer, PBAbstractPeer, SimpSockPeer

public interface PBPeer

extends java.lang.Comparable

Represents a peer on the network

Version:

$Revision: 1.1.1.1 $

Author:

John Gardner

Method Summary

PBPeer	fromPeerToken(PeerToken token) Return a reference to a peer implementation, translated from a client side token.
PeerToken	toPeerToken() Return a copy of this object translated to a client side token.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

toPeerToken

public PeerToken toPeerToken()

Return a copy of this object translated to a client side token.

Returns:

a PI PeerToken

fromPeerToken

public PBPeer fromPeerToken(PeerToken token)

Return a reference to a peer implementation, translated from a client side token. This must return an identical instance to the one that created the token; this implies a registry of peers and some sort of reference counting, or at least a way to reconstruct the peer from the token.

Returns:

a PI PeerGroupToken