org.sadun.util
Interface Broadcaster

public interface Broadcaster

A general interface for mechanisms that can broadcast messages to a given context (for example, across multiple threads, processes, hosts, networks, etc).

Author:

Cristiano Sadun

Nested Class Summary

static class

Broadcaster.BroadcastingException

Method Summary

void	broadCast(java.lang.Object obj) Broadcast the given object.
void	dispose() Dispose of any resource used by this object

Method Detail

broadCast

public void broadCast(java.lang.Object obj)
               throws Broadcaster.BroadcastingException

Broadcast the given object.

Parameters:

obj - the object to broadcast

Throws:

Broadcaster.BroadcastingException - if the broadcast fails

dispose

public void dispose()
             throws Broadcaster.BroadcastingException

Dispose of any resource used by this object

Throws:

Broadcaster.BroadcastingException