Actuator
Class MessageActuator

java.lang.Object
  Actuator.Actuator
      Actuator.MessageActuator

All Implemented Interfaces:

IMessageCompose, IMetaOperations, IParseOperations

public class MessageActuator
extends Actuator
implements IMessageCompose, IParseOperations, IMetaOperations

General Message Actuator for binary protocols that is specialised by the loaded message description language.

Author:

Paul Grace, Lancaster University

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class Actuator.Actuator

DSLContent, Parser, parsingOperations

Constructor Summary

MessageActuator(java.lang.String File)

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.

Methods inherited from class Actuator.Actuator

addFunction, addParseOperation, composeTypedValue, decode, getConstantValue, getFunctionResult, getFunctionResult, getTextTypedValue, getTypedValue, inspectFunctions, inspectParseOperations, removeFunction, removeParseOperation, toByteArray

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface ParsingFramework.IParseOperations

composeTypedValue, decode, getConstantValue, getFunctionResult, getFunctionResult, getTextTypedValue, getTypedValue, toByteArray

Methods inherited from interface ParsingFramework.IMetaOperations

addFunction, addParseOperation, inspectFunctions, inspectParseOperations, removeFunction, removeParseOperation

Constructor Detail

MessageActuator

public MessageActuator(java.lang.String File)

Method Detail

MessageCompose

public 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.

Specified by:

MessageCompose in interface IMessageCompose

Parameters:

Message - The object describing the data to fill the message

Returns:

A byte array with the network message