net.engio.mbassy.dispatch

Interface IMessageDispatcher

All Superinterfaces:

ISubscriptionContextAware

All Known Implementing Classes:

DelegatingMessageDispatcher, EnvelopedMessageDispatcher, FilteredMessageDispatcher, MessageDispatcher

public interface IMessageDispatcher
extends ISubscriptionContextAware

A message dispatcher provides the functionality to deliver a single message to a set of listeners. A message dispatcher uses a message context to access all information necessary for the message delivery.

The delivery of a single message to a single listener is responsibility of the handler invocation object associated with the dispatcher.

Implementations if IMessageDispatcher are partially designed using decorator pattern such that it is possible to compose different message dispatchers into dispatcher chains to achieve more complex dispatch logic.

Author:

bennidi Date: 11/23/12

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	dispatch(MessagePublication publication, Object message, Iterable listeners) Delivers the given message to the given set of listeners.
IHandlerInvocation	getInvocation() Get the handler invocation that will be used to deliver the message to each listener.

Methods inherited from interface net.engio.mbassy.subscription.ISubscriptionContextAware

getContext

Method Detail

dispatch

void dispatch(MessagePublication publication,
              Object message,
              Iterable listeners)

Delivers the given message to the given set of listeners. Delivery may be delayed, aborted or restricted in various ways, depending on the configuration of the dispatcher

Parameters:

publication - The message publication that initiated the dispatch

message - The message that should be delivered to the listeners

listeners - The listeners that should receive the message

getInvocation

IHandlerInvocation getInvocation()

Get the handler invocation that will be used to deliver the message to each listener.

Returns:

the handler invocation that will be used to deliver the message to each listener