rice.p2p.scribe
Interface ScribeClient

All Known Implementing Classes:

DeliveryService, MultiringNode, MyScribeClient, PostImpl, ScribeRegrTest.TestScribeClient

public interface ScribeClient

Version:

$Id: ScribeClient.java 2302 2005-03-11 00:58:26Z jeffh $

Author:

Alan Mislove

Method Summary

boolean	anycast(Topic topic, ScribeContent content) This method is invoked when an anycast is received for a topic which this client is interested in.
void	childAdded(Topic topic, NodeHandle child) Informs this client that a child was added to a topic in which it was interested in.
void	childRemoved(Topic topic, NodeHandle child) Informs this client that a child was removed from a topic in which it was interested in.
void	deliver(Topic topic, ScribeContent content) This method is invoked when a message is delivered for a topic this client is interested in.
void	subscribeFailed(Topic topic) Informs the client that a subscribe on the given topic failed - the client should retry the subscribe or take appropriate action.

Method Detail

anycast

boolean anycast(Topic topic,
                ScribeContent content)

This method is invoked when an anycast is received for a topic which this client is interested in. The client should return whether or not the anycast should continue.

Parameters:

topic - The topic the message was anycasted to

content - The content which was anycasted

Returns:

Whether or not the anycast should continue

deliver

void deliver(Topic topic,
             ScribeContent content)

This method is invoked when a message is delivered for a topic this client is interested in.

Parameters:

topic - The topic the message was published to

content - The content which was published

childAdded

void childAdded(Topic topic,
                NodeHandle child)

Informs this client that a child was added to a topic in which it was interested in.

Parameters:

topic - The topic to unsubscribe from

child - The child that was added

childRemoved

void childRemoved(Topic topic,
                  NodeHandle child)

Informs this client that a child was removed from a topic in which it was interested in.

Parameters:

topic - The topic to unsubscribe from

child - The child that was removed

subscribeFailed

void subscribeFailed(Topic topic)

Informs the client that a subscribe on the given topic failed - the client should retry the subscribe or take appropriate action.

Parameters:

topic - The topic which the subscribe failed on