Method Detail

• add

  void add(Member member)

  Notify the sender of a member being added to the group.
  Optional. This can be an empty implementation, that does nothing

  Parameters:

  member - Member

• remove

  void remove(Member member)

  Notification that a member has been removed or crashed. Can be used to clean up open connections etc

  Parameters:

  member - Member

• start

  void start()
             throws java.io.IOException

  Start the channel sender

  Throws:

  java.io.IOException - if preprocessing takes place and an error happens

• stop

  void stop()

  Stop the channel sender

• heartbeat

  void heartbeat()

  A channel heartbeat, use this method to clean up resources

  Specified by:

  heartbeat in interface Heartbeat

• sendMessage

  void sendMessage(ChannelMessage message,
                 Member[] destination)
                   throws ChannelException

  Send a message to one or more recipients.

  Parameters:

  message - ChannelMessage - the message to be sent

  destination - Member[] - the destinations

  Throws:

  ChannelException - - if an error happens, the ChannelSender MUST report individual send failures on a per member basis, using ChannelException.addFaultyMember

  See Also:

  ChannelException.addFaultyMember(Member,java.lang.Exception)