com.sun.jini.discovery
Class MulticastTimeToLive

java.lang.Object
  com.sun.jini.discovery.MulticastTimeToLive

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable, InvocationConstraint

public final class MulticastTimeToLive
extends Object
implements InvocationConstraint, Serializable

Represents a constraint on the time to live (TTL) value set on outgoing multicast request and multicast announcement packets. Lookup services and discovery clients can use this constraint to specify the range of multicast transmissions used in discovery.

Since:

2.0

Author:

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

static int

MAX_TIME_TO_LIVE The maximum permissible time to live value.

Constructor Summary

MulticastTimeToLive(int ttl)
Creates a MulticastTimeToLive constraint for the given time to live value.

Method Summary

boolean	equals(Object obj)
int	getTimeToLive() Returns the time to live value.
int	hashCode()
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

MAX_TIME_TO_LIVE

public static final int MAX_TIME_TO_LIVE

The maximum permissible time to live value.

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

MulticastTimeToLive

public MulticastTimeToLive(int ttl)

Creates a MulticastTimeToLive constraint for the given time to live value.

Parameters:

ttl - the time to live value

Throws:

IllegalArgumentException - if the given value is negative or greater than MAX_TIME_TO_LIVE.

Method Detail

getTimeToLive

public int getTimeToLive()

Returns the time to live value.

Returns:

the time to live value

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object obj)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object