Actuator
Interface IMessageCompose

All Known Implementing Classes:

Actuator, MessageActuator, TextMessageActuator, XMLMessageActuator

public interface IMessageCompose

Interface of each message composer object. Where a message composer object converts objects to the message format of each individual communication protocol

Version:

protocolCONNECT 0.1

Author:

Paul Grace, Lancaster University

Method Summary

byte[]

MessageCompose(AbstractMessage Message) Takes an object describing the message and converts it into a stream of bytes that can be sent as a network message.

Method Detail

MessageCompose

byte[] MessageCompose(AbstractMessage Message)

Takes an object describing the message and converts it into a stream of bytes that can be sent as a network message.

Parameters:

Message - The object describing the data to fill the message

Returns:

A byte array with the network message