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java.lang.Object
   |
   +----Refable
           |
           +----utah.npm.core.Port

Summary

public class  Port
     extends Refable
{
          // Constructors 2
     public Port(Object, Reference);
     public Port(Object, Reference, int);

          // Methods 4
     public void destroy();
     protected void s_init(Object, Reference, int);
     public void setAlias(Object);
     public String toString();
}

A Port is a server-side IPC connection point. Ports are aggregated into a single PortSet for server threads to service. Clients connect to a Port through a Port Reference.

Version:

NPMJava 0.5.0 April, 1998

Author:

Patrick Tullmann tullmann@cs.utah.edu

See Also: PortSet, Reference

Constructors

· Port

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   public Port(Object alias, 
               Reference portSet) 

Create a new Port object. The provided alias will be returned to server threads that service client threads which connnect through this port. See IPC.serverWaitReceive()

Parameter	Description
alias	the object alias to associate with this Port
portSet	the PortSet to associate this object with.

See Also: IPC.serverWaitReceive

   public Port(Object alias, 
               Reference portSet, 
               int hashCode) 

Create a new Port object. The provided alias will be returned to server threads that service client threads which connnect through this port. See IPC.serverWaitReceive()

Parameter	Description
alias	the object alias to associate with this Port
portSet	the PortSet to associate this object with.
hashCode	the hashcode to use for this object.

See Also: IPC.serverWaitReceive

   protected void s_init(Object alias, 
                         Reference portSet, 
                         int hashCode) 

Performs internal initalization of this Port.

Parameter	Description
alias	the object alias to associate with this Port
portSet	the PortSet to associate this object with.
hashCode	the hashcode to use for this object.

   public void setAlias(Object alias) 

Set the alias object associated with this Port.

Parameter	Description
alias	the object alias to associate with this Port

   public void destroy() 

Destroy this Port object.

   public String toString() 

Generate a string representation of this Port (includes the alias and PortSet)

Returns:

a string describing this Port.

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