Listener
Interface IMessageParse

All Known Implementing Classes:

JavaObjectListener, Listener, MessageListener, TextMessageListener, XMLMessageListener

public interface IMessageParse

Interface of each message parser object. Where a message parser object converts messages of a single protocol to a machine understandable representation.

Version:

Connect 0.1

Author:

Paul Grace, Lancaster University

Method Summary

AbstractMessage	MessageParse(byte[] MessagePacket) Takes a Message packet which is a byte array and transfers it into a object that describes each message in terms of its name/type and the message fields with their value.
AbstractMessage	MessageParse(byte[] MessagePacket, java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String> Extension) Takes a Message packet which is a byte array and transfers it into a object that describes each message in terms of its name/type and the message fields with their value.

Method Detail

MessageParse

AbstractMessage MessageParse(byte[] MessagePacket)

Takes a Message packet which is a byte array and transfers it into a object that describes each message in terms of its name/type and the message fields with their value.

Parameters:

MessagePacket - The message packet in bytes

Returns:

A AbstractMessage identified by a Message Type with fields and values describing each instance of the message.

MessageParse

AbstractMessage MessageParse(byte[] MessagePacket,
                             java.util.ArrayList<java.lang.String> Extension)

Takes a Message packet which is a byte array and transfers it into a object that describes each message in terms of its name/type and the message fields with their value. Uses a dynamic parser extension

Parameters:

MessagePacket - The message packet in bytes

Extension - The set of strings that add information to the parser

Returns:

A AbstractMessage identified by a Message Type with fields and values describing each instance of the message.