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package org.apache.catalina.cluster;

import java.io.Serializable;

public interface ClusterMessage
    extends Serializable {
    /**
     * Get the address that this message originated from.  This would be set
     * if the message was being relayed from a host other than the one
     * that originally sent it.
     */
    public Member getAddress();

    /**
     * Called by the cluster before sending it to the other
     * nodes
     * @param member Member
     */
    public void setAddress(Member member);

    /**
     * Timestamp message
     * @return long
     */
    public long getTimestamp();

    /**
     * Called by the cluster before sending out
     * the message
     * @param timestamp long
     */
    public void setTimestamp(long timestamp);

    /**
     * Each message must have a unique ID, in case of using async replication,
     * and a smart queue, this id is used to replace messages not yet sent
     * @return String
     */
    public String getUniqueId();

}