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Interface uhr.core.msg.MessageSender

public interface MessageSender
This widely used interface allows sending messages out of something. We envision that this always means sending out of a part. The part has no idea where the message goes, a powerful loose coupling mechanism that is at the heart of UHR.

A MessageSender starts a "message chain" by calling the single method in MessageReceiver, receive(Message). Ultimately the message arrives at zero or more destinations, traveling through various infrastructure. At each step in the chain, MessageReceiver is used to transfer the message from one thing to another. Thus MessageSender and MessageReceiver form the datatron transport mechanism of UHR.

For speed the class should reuse Messages rather than creating a new one for each send.

Method Index

o setMessageReceiver(MessageReceiver)
Sets the receiver to use when sending messages.

Methods

o setMessageReceiver 
 public abstract void setMessageReceiver(MessageReceiver receiver)
Sets the receiver to use when sending messages. Each class can have only one receiver unless it's doing special work, such as a message router.

Parameters:
receiver - the MessageReceiver to use when sending Messages. 
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