01: /**
02: * Copyright 2006 Webmedia Group Ltd.
03: *
04: * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
05: * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
06: * You may obtain a copy of the License at
07: *
08: * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
09: *
10: * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
11: * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
12: * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
13: * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
14: * limitations under the License.
15: **/package org.araneaframework;
16:
17: import java.io.Serializable;
18: import org.araneaframework.core.BroadcastMessage;
19: import org.araneaframework.core.RoutedMessage;
20:
21: /**
22: * {@link Message} interface allows to send any events to any component in the component hierarchy.
23: *
24: * @see BroadcastMessage
25: * @see RoutedMessage
26: *
27: * @author Jevgeni Kabanov (ekabanov <i>at</i> araneaframework <i>dot</i> org)
28: */
29: public interface Message extends Serializable {
30: /**
31: * Used to send message into component hierarchy whose root node is <code>component</code>.
32: * Propagation within the component hierarchy is done by {@link org.araneaframework.Component.Interface#propagate(Message)} method.
33: *
34: * @param id id of component in hierarchy that should react to this {@link Message}.
35: * @param component {@link Component} who should start propagating the {@link Message} further
36: */
37: public void send(Object id, Component component);
38: }
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