org.mpisws.p2p.transport.liveness
Interface Pinger<Identifier>

All Known Subinterfaces:

LivenessTransportLayer<Identifier,MsgType>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AggressiveLivenessTransportLayerImpl, LivenessTransportLayerImpl

public interface Pinger<Identifier>

Method Summary

void	addPingListener(PingListener<Identifier> name)
boolean	ping(Identifier i, Map<String,Object> options)
boolean	removePingListener(PingListener<Identifier> name)

Method Detail

ping

boolean ping(Identifier i,
             Map<String,Object> options)

Parameters:

i - the identifier that responded

options - transport layer dependent way to send the ping (udp/tcp etc)

Returns:

true If the ping will occur. (Maybe it won't due to bandwidth concerns.)

addPingListener

void addPingListener(PingListener<Identifier> name)

removePingListener

boolean removePingListener(PingListener<Identifier> name)