org.eclipse.viatra.query.runtime.rete.network

Interface Mailbox

All Superinterfaces:

Clearable

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultMailbox, MonotonicityAwareMailbox

public interface Mailbox
extends Clearable

A mailbox is associated with every Receiver. Messages can be sent to a Receiver by posting them into the mailbox. Different mailbox implementations may differ in the way how they deliver the posted messages.

Since:

1.6

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	deliverAll(MessageKind kind) Delivers all messages of the given kind from this mailbox.
Receiver	getReceiver() Returns the Receiver of this mailbox.
void	postMessage(Direction direction, Tuple update) Posts a new message to this mailbox.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.viatra.query.runtime.rete.tuple.Clearable

clear

Method Detail

postMessage

void postMessage(Direction direction,
                 Tuple update)

Posts a new message to this mailbox.

Parameters:

direction - the direction of the update

update - the update element

deliverAll

void deliverAll(MessageKind kind)

Delivers all messages of the given kind from this mailbox. The kind can also be null. In this case, there no special separation is expected between the messages.

Parameters:

kind - the message kind

getReceiver

Receiver getReceiver()

Returns the Receiver of this mailbox.

Returns:

the receiver