| /******************************************************************************* |
| * Copyright (c) 2004 Composent, Inc., Peter Nehrer, Boris Bokowski. All rights reserved. This |
| * program and the accompanying materials are made available under the terms of |
| * the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution, and is |
| * available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html |
| * |
| * Contributors: Composent, Inc. - initial API and implementation |
| ******************************************************************************/ |
| package org.eclipse.ecf.datashare; |
| |
| import org.eclipse.ecf.core.identity.ID; |
| import org.eclipse.ecf.core.util.ECFException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Channel for sending messages |
| * |
| */ |
| public interface IChannel extends IAbstractChannel { |
| /** |
| * Send message to remote instances of this channel |
| * |
| * @param message |
| * the byte [] message to send. Must not be <code>null</code>. |
| * @throws ECFException |
| * if some problem sending message |
| */ |
| public void sendMessage(byte[] message) throws ECFException; |
| |
| /** |
| * Send message to remote instances of this channel |
| * |
| * @param receiver |
| * the ID of the container to receive message. If |
| * <code>null</code>, message sent to all current members of |
| * group |
| * @param message |
| * the byte [] message to send. Must not be <code>null</code>. |
| * @throws ECFException |
| * if some problem sending message |
| */ |
| public void sendMessage(ID receiver, byte[] message) throws ECFException; |
| } |