net.grinder.communication
Interface Address

All Superinterfaces:

Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

AgentAddress, ProcessAddress, WorkerAddress

public interface Address
extends Serializable

Interface implemented by addresses.

Author:

Philip Aston

Method Summary

boolean

includes(Address address) Whether this address includes the given address.

Method Detail

includes

boolean includes(Address address)

Whether this address includes the given address.

The general includes relationship is transitive, reflexive, and asymmetric. Simple implementations of "physical addresses" should just delegate to equals().

Parameters:

address - The address to check.

Returns:

true if and only if we include address.