container/modules/groupcom/src/share/org/apache/catalina/tribes/Member.java

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package org.apache.catalina.tribes;

/**
 * The Member interface, defines a member in the group.
 * Each member can carry a set of properties, defined by the actual implementation.<BR>
 * A member is identified by the host/ip/uniqueId<br>
 * The host is what interface the member is listening to, to receive data<br>
 * The port is what port the member is listening to, to receive data<br>
 * The uniqueId defines the session id for the member. This is an important feature
 * since a member that has crashed and the starts up again on the same port/host is 
 * not guaranteed to be the same member, so no state transfers will ever be confused
 * @author Filip Hanik
 * @version $Revision: 303950 $, $Date: 2005-06-09 15:38:30 -0500 (Thu, 09 Jun 2005) $
 */


public interface Member {
    
    /**
     * When a member leaves the cluster, the payload of the memberDisappeared member
     * will be the following bytes. This indicates a soft shutdown, and not a crash
     */
    public static final byte[] SHUTDOWN_PAYLOAD = new byte[] {66, 65, 66, 89, 45, 65, 76, 69, 88};
    
    /**
     * Returns the name of this node, should be unique within the group.
     */
    public String getName();
  
    /**
     * Returns the listen host for the ChannelReceiver implementation
     * @return IPv4 or IPv6 representation of the host address this member listens to incoming data
     * @see ChannelReceiver
     */
    public byte[] getHost();

    /**
     * Returns the listen port for the ChannelReceiver implementation
     * @return IPv4 or IPv6 representation of the host address this member listens to incoming data
     * @see ChannelReceiver
     */
    public int getPort();

    /**
     * Contains information on how long this member has been online.
     * The result is the number of milli seconds this member has been
     * broadcasting its membership to the group.
     * @return nr of milliseconds since this member started.
     */
    public long getMemberAliveTime();
    
    /**
     * The current state of the member
     * @return boolean - true if the member is functioning correctly
     */
    public boolean isReady();
    /**
     * The current state of the member
     * @return boolean - true if the member is suspect, but the crash has not been confirmed
     */
    public boolean isSuspect();
    
    /**
     * 
     * @return boolean - true if the member has been confirmed to malfunction 
     */
    public boolean isFailing();
    
    /**
     * returns a UUID unique for this member over all sessions.
     * If the member crashes and restarts, the uniqueId will be different.
     * @return byte[]
     */
    public byte[] getUniqueId();
    
    /**
     * returns the payload associated with this member
     * @return byte[]
     */
    public byte[] getPayload();
    
    /**
     * returns the command associated with this member
     * @return byte[]
     */
    public byte[] getCommand();
    
    /**
     * Domain for this cluster
     * @return byte[]
     */
    public byte[] getDomain();
}